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Biol1215 Ch1
CSU Hendricks Intro Ch 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 5 characteristics of living organisms | chemically organized, acquire materials and energy, respond to the environment, reproduce, have adaptations |
| Metabolism | the sum of all chemical reactions |
| The functional part of all living organisms | cell- all living organisms have at least one cell. |
| 2 types of reproduction | sexual- 2 parents provide genetic material asexual- 1 parent (cell division) |
| All of the information about a living organism is passed on in its _____ | genes |
| Why do living organisms adapt? | become better suited to their environment, better suited to reproduce, and better genes. |
| 6 generalized steps of the scientific method | make observation, question the cause, formulate hypothesis, make predictions, testing, draw conclusions (accept or reject) |
| What is a scientific theory | A hypothesis that has been tested repeatedly and is widely accepted as correct in the scientific community. |
| What are three types of variables in scientific testing? | Independent, dependent, control |
| What is the independent variable | The factor being tested, the experimental variable |
| What is the dependent variable | The responding variable in the experiment. A change in the results based on the independent variable |
| What is the control | Factors held in constant for all subjects in the experiment |