Ch 1

Question 1

What is the scientific method?

Answer 1

1. Make an Observation
2. Identify a question
3. Make a Hypothesis
4. Make a Prediction
5. Test it and make a Conclusion

Question 2

What are the 5 basic characteristics of life?

Answer 2

1. Consists of one or more cells
2. Take in & use energy & Materials
3. Sense & respond to changes in the environment
4. Maintain Homeostasis
5. Reproduce & grow based on information in DNA

Question 3

What Domain are humans apart of?

Answer 3

Eukarya

Question 4

What must organisms take in?

Answer 4

Energy & Materials

Question 5

What is Homeostasis?

Answer 5

State of chemical & physical stability

Question 6

What couldn’t the human body live a minute without?

Answer 6

Homeostasis

Question 7

What are Antibiotics used to treat?

Answer 7

Lyme disease

Question 8

An inclusive level of organization is what?

Answer 8

Biosphere

Question 9

What is caused by bacterial infection?

Answer 9

Lyme disease

Question 10

The web of life in which all parts of life are connected is ______

Answer 10

Ecosystem

Question 11

What are the 3 kingdoms

Answer 11

Eukarya, Archaea, Bacteria

Question 12

Who walks up upright & use tools?

Answer 12

Primates

Question 13

What are Eukarya’s

Answer 13

Animals & Plants

Question 14

What group of mammals includes apes & humans

Answer 14

Primates

Question 15

What are animals with backbones called?

Answer 15

Vertebrates

Question 16

The stability of the internal environment is _______

Answer 16

Homeostasis

Question 17

Where does the energy for all cell activities come from ____?

Answer 17

ATP

Question 18

The genetic material in cells is in the form of ____

Answer 18

DNA

Question 19

Two characteristics that humans share with other animals are ___ only with other mammals and ________ with other vertebrates.

Answer 19

body hair; a backbone

Question 20

What are Humans?

Answer 20

Primates, mammals and vertebrates

Question 21

Maintaining homeostasis is always about the ________ environment.

Answer 21

Internal

Question 22

An example of a tissue is ________ .

Answer 22

Heart muscle

Question 23

The correct order for using the scientific method is ________ .

Answer 23

Observation - Question - Hypothesis - Test

Question 24

Organisms reproduce based on instructions in

Answer 24

DNA

Question 25

Animals that have body hair are classified as

Answer 25

Mammals

Question 26

The organization of life is

Answer 26

Atoms - Molecules (2 atoms chemically bonded) - Cells - tissue - organ - organ system - organism - population ( 1 species) - Community (2 species) - Ecosystem(North America) - Biosphere (Earth)

Question 27

The level of organization in between cells and organs is

Answer 27

Tissue

Question 28

Within the energy cycle, green plants are

Answer 28

Producers

Question 29

A group of organisms of the same species live together in a(n)

Answer 29

Population

Question 30

Decomposers include fungi and

Answer 30

Bacteria

Question 31

The ____ includes the parts of Earth’s crust and waters where organisms live.

Answer 31

Biosphere

Question 32

Cells come together to form

Answer 32

Tissues

Question 32

Plants create nutrients by capturing sunlight as part of

Answer 32

Photosynthesis

Question 33

____ideas are shaped by our experiences and beliefs.

Answer 33

Subjective

Question 34

The scientific ____ is an explanation of natural observations based on testing.

Answer 34

Theory

Question 35

The _____ theory states how and why life exists.

Answer 35

Cell