A View of Life

Question 1

energy

Answer 1

capacity to do work

Question 2

metabolism

Answer 2

checmical reactions that occur in a cell

Question 3

homostasis

Answer 3

maintenance of internal conditons within certain coundaries

Question 4

adaptations

Answer 4

modifications that allow an organism to be suitable to their way of life

Question 5

natural selection

Answer 5

mehcanishm of evolution caused by environmental selection of the organisms most suited for reprodcution and results in adaptation

Question 6

species

Answer 6

group of interbreeding individuals

Question 7

reproduce

Answer 7

make another organism like itself

Question 8

genes

Answer 8

blueprints or specific information ofhow the organism is to be ordered.

Question 9

evolution

Answer 9

descent with modification

Question 10

population

Answer 10

all member of a species within a community

Question 11

community

Answer 11

many populations interacting iwth one another in the same environment

Question 12

biosphere

Answer 12

thin layer of life that encircles earth.

Question 13

ecosystem

Answer 13

populations in the community interact with the physical environment and amongst themselves

Question 14

biodiversity

Answer 14

number and size of populations in a community

Question 15

taxonomy

Answer 15

discipline of identifying and classifying organisms acording to certain rules

Question 16

Biology

Answer 16

study of life

Question 17

science

Answer 17

coniders what you can observe with the sense or instruments that enhance the senses

Question 18

phenomenon

Answer 18

is an observable event

Question 19

inductive reasoning

Answer 19

uses isolated facts and some creative thinking to compile an explanation

Question 20

hypothesis

Answer 20

scientific prediction that can be tested

Question 21

experiment

Answer 21

artificial situations to test a hypothesis

Question 22

deductive reasoning

Answer 22

an observation

Question 23

control group

Answer 23

doesn’t experience what is being tested

Question 24

date

Answer 24

results of an experiment

Question 25

conclusion

Answer 25

analysis of your data

Question 26

falsify

Answer 26

prove untrue

Question 27

variable

Answer 27

something being changed

Question 28

experimental variable

Answer 28

component being tested

Question 29

dependent variable

Answer 29

the change do to the experimental variable

Question 30

scientific method

Answer 30

process of science

Question 31

scientific theories

Answer 31

concepts that join well-supported hypothesis together

Question 32

principle

Answer 32

theories generally accepted b many, many scientists

Question 33

law

Answer 33

replacement of principle (by some)