Unit 1 Vocab

Question 0

Controlled experiment

Answer 0

Is under controlled conditions and has to two groups; control group and experimental group

Question 1

Hypothesis

Answer 1

Testable explanation of a situation

Question 2

Independent variable

Answer 2

The one factor that can be changed in a controlled experiment; is the factor tested and affects the experiments outcome

Question 3

Herbivores

Answer 3

Eat plants

Question 4

Omnivore

Answer 4

Eat both plants and animals

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Dependent variable

Answer 5

Factor being measured in a controlled experiment; it’s value changes because of changes to the independent variable

Question 6

Respiration

Answer 6

Action of breathing

Question 7

Digestion

Answer 7

Action of breaking down food

Question 8

Metabolism

Answer 8

All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism

Question 9

Abiogenesis

Answer 9

Study of how life originally arose on this planet

Question 10

Biogenesis

Answer 10

Process in which life forms arise for similar life forms

Question 11

Producer

Answer 11

An organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce food.

Question 12

Consumer

Answer 12

Organism that gets its energy requirements by consuming other organisms.

Question 13

Technology

Answer 13

Application of knowledge gained from scientific research to solve society’s needs and problems and improve the quality of life

Question 14

Data

Answer 14

Quantitive and qualitative info gained from scientific investigation

Question 15

Experiment

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Procedure preformed in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis and collect precise data

Question 16

Scientific method

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Problem solving methods that might include observations, forming a hypothesis, experimenting, gathering and analyzing data and drawing conclusions

Question 17

Adaptation

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Inherited characteristic of a species that develops over time in response to an environmental factor, enabling the species to survive

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Autotroph

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Organism that captures energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce its own good, provides the foundation of the food supply for other organisms, ALSO CALLED A PRODUCER!

Question 19

Cell theory

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1- organisms are made of one or more cells
2- cells are the basic unit of life
3- all cells come from other cells

Question 20

Cell

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Basic unit of structure and organization of all living organisms

Question 21

Organism

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Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life

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Photosynthesis

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Two phase anabolic pathway in which the suns light energy is converted to chemical energy for use by the cell

Question 23

Response

Answer 23

Organisms reaction to a stimulus

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Spontaneous generation

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Idea that life arises from non living things

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Stimulus

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Any change in any organisms internal or external environment that causes the organisms to react

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Binomial nomenclature

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Linnaeus's system of naming organisms, which gives a scientific two word Latin name to each species

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Class

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Taxonomic group that contains one of more related orders

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Division

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Taxonomic term used instead of phylum to group related classes of plants and bacteria

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Family

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Taxonomic group of similar, related genera that's smaller then a genus and larger than an order

Question 30

Genus

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Taxonomic group of closely related species with common ancestors

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Kingdom

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Taxonomic group of related phyla or divisions

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Order

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Taxonomic group that contains related families

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Phylum

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Taxonomic group of related classes

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Species

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Group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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Multicellular

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Having or consisting of many cells

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Organic compounds

Answer 36

any compound of carbon and another element

Question 37

Unicellular

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Consisting of a single cell