Vocab

Question 1

One celled organism

Answer 1

Unicellular

Question 2

Example of a unicellular organism

Answer 2

Bacteria

Question 3

Organisms composed of many cells

Answer 3

Multicellular

Question 4

Example of multicellular organism

Answer 4

Plants and humans

Question 5

Change in organisms surroundings that causes it to react

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Stimulus

Question 6

Process of change during an organisms life that creates a more complex organism

Answer 6

Development

Question 7

Maintenance of stable internal conditions

Answer 7

Homeostasis

Question 8

Naming system of Linnaeus which gives two names for each organism

Answer 8

Binomial nomenclature

Question 9

Organisms first name/closely related organisms

Answer 9

Genus

Question 10

Similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring (the organisms second name)

Answer 10

Species

Question 11

Basic unit of life

Answer 11

Cells

Question 12

Organisms that make its own food (like plants)

Answer 12

Autotrophs

Question 13

Organisms that don’t make their own food / must eat to live

Answer 13

Heterotrophs

Question 14

Process of grouping things together based on similarities

Answer 14

Classification

Question 15

Possible explanation or answer to a specific question

Answer 15

Hypothesis

Question 16

Study of living things

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Life science

Question 17

Life science is also called…

Answer 17

Biology

Question 18

Organisms that lack a nucleus

Answer 18

Prokaryotes

Question 19

A dense area of the cell that contains DNA

Answer 19

Nucleus

Question 20

Factors that can change an experiment

Answer 20

Variables

Question 21

Using your senses to gather information

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Observing

Question 22

When you make an observation that deals with numbers

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Quantitative observation

Question 23

An observation that does not deal with numbers for example noticing that a bike is blue

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Qualitative observation

Question 24

Why is it important to have a hypothesis that can be tested

Answer 24

To create an if/then statement that can be proven or not through experiments

Question 25

When you explain what you've observed

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Inferring

Question 26

A variable changes on purpose during an experiment just to test the hypothesis

Answer 26

Manipulated variable

Question 27

The name for what changes when you manipulate a variable

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Responding variable

Question 28

Give an example of a simple experiment

Answer 28

Measuring if a dog or a cat eats more in one week. Testing to see if crickets chirp more when it's warm or cold out.

Question 29

A statement that describes what exactly you are measuring in your experiment

Answer 29

Operational definition

Question 30

Give an example of technology

Answer 30

Computer Microscope Teaspoon

Question 31

The idea that living things can come from nonliving sources

Answer 31

Spontaneous generation

Question 32

List the levels of classification

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Kingdom phylum class order family genus species

Question 33

What's the difference between a heterotroph and an autotrophs

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Heterotrophs must find food to live (eat). Autotrophs make their own food

Question 34

Any organism with cells that have a nucleus

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Eukaryotes

Question 35

What's the difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes

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Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus such as bacteria. Eukaryotes have a nucleus such as people and animals.

Question 36

What is in the nucleus

Answer 36

Nucleus acid / DNA

Question 37

What chemical does a cell have the most of

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Water

Question 38

When an organism reacts to a stimulus

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Response

Question 39

What are the needs of living things

Answer 39

Water Food Living space

Question 40

Six things all living things have in common

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``` Have cells Contain chemicals (water, gases) Use energy Respond to their surroundings Grow/develop Reproduce ```

Question 41

Any living thing

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Organism