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Unit 1-IntroductionA
Biology-Unit 1 List A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scientific Method | a process scientists use to research and solve problems |
| Hypothesis | a proposed solution a scientist comes up with for a problem |
| Controlled experiment | a study in which a comparison is made between two situations |
| Variable | the part of an experiment that changes |
| Scientific Law | an idea that has been proven true by countless tests |
| Theory | an idea that while proven true, is still being experimented on |
| Meniscus | a “smile” found when measuring liquids in a graduated cylinder |
| Dependent Variable | placed on the y |
| Independent Variable | placed on the x |
| Transport | a life process that involves absorption and circulation of materials |
| Excretion | a life process that involves the removal of liquid waste |
| Nutrition | a life process that involves the ingestion, digestion, and egestion of nutrients |
| Growth | a life process that involves an increase in an organisms size |
| Autotroph | organisms, like plants, that make their own food |
| Heterotroph | organisms, like animals, that eat others |
| Respiration | a life process that involves the making of energy from nutrients |