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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contain all material necessary for life | cell |
| can perform different jobs | multicellular |
| one cell, cannot perform many jobs | unicellular |
| change in the organism's environment that affects the activity of the organism | stimulus |
| a reaction to a stimulus | response |
| maintaining a constant internal environment | homeostasis |
| produce an offspring that is a combination both parents | sexual reproduction |
| produce a offspring that identical to the parent | asexual reproduction |
| Blueprints of life | DNA |
| Transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next | heredity |
| Transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next | energy |
| Organism becomes larger | grow |
| Organism changes | develop |
| Produces their food | producers |
| Eats other organisms | consumer |
| Obtain food by breaking down nutrients in dead organisms | decomposers |
| Can only survive three days without it | water |
| Mixture of gases | air |
| Specific for every organism | shelter |
| Made up of amino acids | protein |
| Provides energy for the organism | carbohydrate |
| Complex carbohydrate | starch |
| store energy | fats |
| Complex carbohydrate | starch |
| Provide recipe for making proteins | Nucleic Acid |
| Obtained when carbohydrates and fat are broken down | ATP |
| The study of living things | life science |
| A doctor, a zoologist, a teacher | life scientist |
| Steps to solve a problem | scientific method |
| Something that you can see, hear, smell, touch | observation |
| Something that you think has happened based on your observations | inference |
| Usually an If...Then statement | hypothesis |
| Testing the hypothesis. Has an experimental and a control group. | Controlled Experiment |
| variable that is the result | dependent variable |
| Variable that is changed/manipulated | Independent Variable |
| Subjects not being tested | control group |
| Subjects being tested | Experimental group |
| Factors that are the same in both groups of an experiment | constants |
| To measure mass you would use what tool | triple beam balance |
| Tool that has celcius as its units | thermometer |
| Putting your data on to a graph is part of which step of scientific method | results |
| To measure the length of an ant you would use which tool | metric ruler |
| A graduated cylinder measures | volume |
| Units for a graduated cylinder | ml |
| The bottom portion of the curve of the liquid in a graduated cylinder | meniscus |