Module 1

Question 1

Variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment

Answer 1

Independent variable

Question 2

Variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment

Answer 2

Dependent

Question 3

A kind of scientific method with general principle that are recognized as truths and proceeds to the formation of a particular conclusion

Answer 3

Deductive

Question 4

This kind of scientific method starts with a particular idea or principle and proceeds to the formation of a general conclusion

Answer 4

Inductive

Question 5

The general visible structures of animals as revealed by dissection

Answer 5

Gross Anatomy

Question 6

The study of animal as a whole

Answer 6

Animal morphology

Question 7

The study of microstructure of tissues

Answer 7

Animal histology

Question 8

The study of the origin and differentiation of animal life

Answer 8

Evolution

Question 9

The study of the living process and functions of parts of the animal body.

Answer 9

Animal physiology

Question 10

The study of fossil animals and their distribution in time

Answer 10

Paleontology

Question 11

The study of animal behavior

Answer 11

Ethology

Question 12

The study of the development and growth of the new individual within the egg or within the mother.

Answer 12

Animal embryology

Question 13

The study of distribution of animals according to space and region.

Answer 13

Zoogeography

Question 14

The study of the laws of heredity and variation

Answer 14

Genetics

Question 15

The study of animal classification

Answer 15

Taxonomy

Question 16

The study of the relationships of the animals to their environment

Answer 16

Ecology

Question 17

The study of protozoans

Answer 17

Protozoology

Question 18

The study of fishes

Answer 18

Ichthyology

Question 19

The study of birds

Answer 19

Ornithology

Question 20

Study of mollusks

Answer 20

Malacology

Question 21

The study of man

Answer 21

Anthropology

Question 22

The study of reptiles and amphibians

Answer 22

Herpetology

Question 23

The study of parasites

Answer 23

Parasitology

Question 24

The study of shells

Answer 24

Conchology

Question 25

The study of hormone action

Answer 25

Endocrinology

Question 26

The study of muscles

Answer 26

Myology

Question 27

Study of cells

Answer 27

Cytology

Question 28

Study of tissues

Answer 28

Histology

Question 29

State of existence characterized by the total of bodily activities or function of an organism

Answer 29

Life

Question 30

Groups of atoms; smallest unit of most chemical compound

Answer 30

Molecules

Question 31

Smallest functional unit of life

Answer 31

Cells

Question 32

An aggregation of similar cells or types of cells, together with any associated intercellular materials, adapted to perform one or more specific functions.

Answer 32

Tissue

Question 33

A differentiated structure part of a system of the body; composed of tissues and cells; exercises specific functions

Answer 33

Organs

Question 34

A consistent and complex whole composed of interrelated and interdependent parts

Answer 34

Organ system

Question 35

Any living individual, whether plant or animal, considered as a whole

Answer 35

Organism

Question 36

A group of the same kind of species in a particular area

Answer 36

Population

Question 37

A group of two or more species's populations living in a specific area

Answer 37

Community

Question 38

The fundamental unit in ecology, compromising the living organisms and the nonliving elements that interact in a defined region

Answer 38

Ecosystem

Question 39

The part of the earth that contains living organisms or ecosystem

Answer 39

Biosphere

Question 40

Arrangement of distinct but mutually dependent parts

Answer 40

Organization

Question 41

The sum of all chemical and physical changes occuring in the body of an individual

Answer 41

Metabolism

Question 42

The building up in the body of complex chemical compound from simpler forms

Answer 42

Anabolism

Question 43

The breaking down in the body of complex chemical compound into simpler forms

Answer 43

Catabolism

Question 44

The increase in the size or number of living being or any of it's parts occuring in the process of development

Answer 44

Growth

Question 45

The ability of the organism produces offspring of the same kind

Answer 45

Reproduction

Question 46

The act or process of natural progression in physical and psychological maturation from embryonic state to a complex adult stage.

Answer 46

Development

Question 47

React to the changes in the body

Answer 47

Irritability (response to stimuli/environment)

Question 48

Maintains stable internal condition

Answer 48

Homeostasis

Question 49

An advantageous change of an organism (structure, function, behavior( to enhance the ability to survive in the environment

Answer 49

Adaptation

Question 50

A continuing process of change from one state, condition. This change occurs through time

Answer 50

Evolution

Question 51

Change in position of location

Answer 51

Movement

Question 52

Changes of structure to specialized one

Answer 52

Differentiation

Question 53

Harmonious function of interrelated structures

Answer 53

Coordination

Question 54

Control of the rate of process

Answer 54

Regulation

Question 55

Mechanical, chemical, enzymatic process to convert complex food substance

Answer 55

Digestion

Question 56

Process of eliminating waste product

Answer 56

Excretion