Chapter 1 Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
What is science?
A
Body of knowledge; collection of unified insights about nature
2
Q
Theory
A
general set of principles, supported by evidence, that explains some aspect of nature
3
Q
Scientific Method
A
Observation, question, hypothesis, experiments, conclusion
4
Q
Hypothesis
A
Tested through a series of experiments/observations
5
Q
Biology
A
Study of life
6
Q
Characteristics of living things
A
- Assimilate energy
- respond to their environment
- maintain a relatively constant internal environment
- reproduce
- possess an inherited information base (DNA)
- composed of one or more cells
- evolved from other living things
- highly organized compared to inanimate objects
7
Q
Chief Unifying principle of biology
A
Evolution
