Biology Sean
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- the basic unit is the cell
- organization
- maitenance of a stable internal environment
- homeostasis
- reaction to a change in the environment
- response to stimulus
- cell enlargement and division
- growth
- changes in an organism that takes place over time
- development
- transmission of heredity information from one generation to the next
- reproduction
- biology is the study of
- life
- and the _______ among them.
- interaction
- biologists use a variety of ---- to study the details of life
- scientific methods
- what is meant by scientific method?
- The common steps that biologists and other scientists use to gather information and answer questions.
- What is a hypothesis?
- Hypothesis is an explanation for a question or a problem that can be formally tested.
- How is a hypothesis tested?
- You perform an experiment to test a hypothesis.
- The condition being observed or measured in an experiment
- dependent variable
- The condition that is changed by the experimenter
- independent variable
- In an experiment the group in which all conditions are kept the same except for the one being tested
- experimental group
- In an experiment the group in which all conditions are kept the same
- control group
- a procedure that tests a hypothesis by collecting information under controlled conditions
- experiment
- over time a hypothesis that is supported by many observations and experiments becomes a
- theory
- Some well established facts of nature such as gravity are recognized as
- laws
- what is the primary focus of all biological studies?
- the understanding of living things and how they interact
- what is meant by "living things do not exist in isolation"
- Living things need other living things
- another word for a living thing
- organism
- every living thing is made up of parts that function together in an orderly living _____
- environment
- one kilogram equals how many grams?
- 1000 grams