Quiz 1

Question 1

Process of learning about the natural world that tests ideas using evidence gathered from nature

Answer 1

Science

Question 2

Natural science concerned with the study of of life and living organisms

Answer 2

Biology

Question 3

Some reasons for studying biology

Answer 3

• everyday experience
• medicine
• needs of a growing population
• decreasing biodiversity
• biotech

Question 4

Structure of living things

Answer 4

Anatomy

Question 5

The study of bacteria

Answer 5

Bacteriology

Question 6

Chemical processes in living things

Answer 6

Biochemistry

Question 7

Plant life

Answer 7

Botany

Question 8

Cells function, structure and chemistry

Answer 8

Cytology

Question 9

Skin

Answer 9

Dermatology

Question 10

Interrelationships between the environment and organisms

Answer 10

Ecology

Question 11

Epidemics, widespread diseases

Answer 11

Epidemology

Question 12

Insects

Answer 12

Entomology

Question 13

Animal behavior

Answer 13

Ethology

Question 14

Genes and heredity (the process by which genetic info is passed from parents to offspring)

Answer 14

Genetics

Question 15

Reptiles and amphibians

Answer 15

Herpetology

Question 16

Fish

Answer 16

Ichthology

Question 17

Sea creatures and their environment

Answer 17

Marine biology/ oceanography

Question 18

Mammals

Answer 18

Mammalogy

Question 19

Microscopic organisms

Answer 19

Microbiology

Question 20

Fungi

Answer 20

Mycology

Question 21

Diet and health

Answer 21

Nutrition

Question 22

Birds

Answer 22

Ornithology

Question 23

Prehistoric life

Answer 23

Paleontology

Question 24

Diseases caused by organisms (bacteria, fungi, parasites, protist, viruses)

Answer 24

Pathology

Question 25

Animal droppings (feces)

Answer 25

Scatology

Question 26

How organisms function and carry out physical and chemical processes

Answer 26

Physiology

Question 27

Groupings of living things

Answer 27

Taxonomy

Question 28

Viruses and virus like agents

Answer 28

Virology

Question 29

The animal kingdom

Answer 29

Zoology

Question 30

Basic unit of matter

Answer 30

Atom

Question 31

Groups of atoms; form chemical compounds

Answer 31

Molecules

Question 32

Smallest functional unit of life

Answer 32

Cell

Question 33

Groups of cells

Answer 33

Tissue

Question 34

Groups of tissues

Answer 34

Organs

Question 35

Groups of organs

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Organ system

Question 36

Individual living things

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Organism

Question 37

Groups of the same type of organism in an area

Answer 37

Population

Question 38

Populations that live together in an area

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Community

Question 39

Community and its non living surroundings

Answer 39

Biome/ecosystem

Question 40

All the ecosystems

Answer 40

Biosphere

Question 41

Characteristics of science | It’s planned

Answer 41

Sytematized

Question 42

Characteristics of science | The goal is to expose facts in the purest way

Answer 42

Objetive

Question 43

Characteristics of science | All actions and observations follow methods and rules

Answer 43

Controlled

Question 44

Characteristics of science | Findings should be able to be reproduced

Answer 44

Verifiable

Question 45

Characteristics of science | Scientific investigations must be able to be questioned and rectified

Answer 45

Provisional

Question 46

Organized process that scientists use to solve investigation problems

Answer 46

Scientific method

Question 47

Act of collecting info. and data to form questions

Answer 47

Observation

Question 48

Probable answer to the question

Answer 48

Hypothesis

Question 49

Conditions under which an experiment is given and that can change

Answer 49

Variable

Question 50

Condition that will be measured or investigated

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Dependent variable

Question 51

Condition that will be changed or manipulated in the experiment

Answer 51

Independent variable

Question 52

Conditions that will be held constant

Answer 52

Controlled variable

Question 53

Information describing odor, shape, color, or other physical characteristics

Answer 53

Qualitative data

Question 54

Answers the question of “how”?; measurable quantities and units

Answer 54

Quantitative data

Question 55

Whether the hypothesis is true or false, justified by data.

Answer 55

Conclusion

Question 56

Hypothesis supported by many experiments

Answer 56

Theory

Question 57

Theory already proven

Answer 57

Law

Question 58

Degree of error of a measuring device (smallest unit)

Answer 58

Uncertainty

Question 59

Beliefs that sound scientific but aren’t

Answer 59

Pseudoscience

Question 60

All living things are made of

Answer 60

Cells

Question 61

Single celled organisms like bacteria

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Unicellular

Question 62

Contain form hundreds to trillions of cells

Answer 62

Multicellular

Question 63

In the cork of a tree, the cells are

Answer 63

Dead

Question 64

Production of offspring for the continuation of the species

Answer 64

Reproduction

Question 65

Group of similar looking organisms that interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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Species

Question 66

Reproduction that requires two cells

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Sexual

Question 67

A single organism can reproduce

Answer 67

Asexual

Question 68

Increase of the amount of living material and formation of structures

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Growth

Question 69

All organisms A) grow B) develop

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Grow

Question 70

All the changes that take place in a lifetime

Answer 70

Development

Question 71

Ability to make things change

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Energy

Question 72

Organisms that get their energy form food

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Heterotrophs

Question 73

Use energy from the sun (photosynthesis)are

Answer 73

Autotrophs

Question 74

External environmental factors which cause responses in organisms

Answer 74

Stimuli

Question 75

Water, nutrients and minerals, hormones and temperatures inside the body

Answer 75

Internal environment

Question 76

Regulation of an organism’s internal environment to maintain conditions conditions suitable for life, despite changes in the external environment

Answer 76

Homoestasis