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Biology CH 1
Nature of Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An organized body of knowledge that attempts to explain natural phenomena. | Science |
| Attempts to describe the laws that govern the universe and the composition of the universe. | Physical Science |
| Attempts to describe our place in the universe. | Earth Science |
| Attempts to describe living things. | Life Science |
| The application of science. | Technology |
| Represented by a vast database of factual and theoretical information that has been accumulated through the centuries. | Content of Science |
| The fundamental core of content knowledge (three things). | Facts, Concepts, Generalizations |
| The fundamental unit of content that relate directly to observations. | Facts |
| Abstractions of ideas that are used to simplify understanding of a phenomenon. | Concepts |
| The study of cells. | Cytology |
| The study of tissues. | Histology |
| The study of structure. | Anatomy |
| The study of function. | Physiology |
| The study of plants. | Botany |
| The study of animals. | Zoology |
| The study of microorganisms. | Microbiology |
| The study of fungi. | Mycology |
| The study of algae. | Phycology |
| The study of insects. | Entomology |
| The study of fishes. | Ichthyology |
| The study of birds. | Ornithology |
| The identification and naming of organisms. | Taxonomy |
| The study of heredity. | Genetics |
| The study of the interrelationship between organisms and their environment. | Ecology |
| The study of blood. | Hematology |
| The study of fossils. | Paleontology |
| The study of animal behavior. | Ethology |
| Fundamental building block of all matter. | Atom |
| Systematic study of life. | Biology |
| All regions on Earth where organisms live. | Biosphere |
| Smallest unit of life. | Cell |
| All populations of all species in a given area. | Community |
| A community interacting with its environment. | Ecosystem |
| A characteristic of a system that does not appear in any of a system's component parts. | Emergent property |
| An association of two or more atoms. | Molecule |
| Everything in the universe except what humans have manufactured. | Nature |
| Individual that consists of one or more cells. | Organism |
| Group of individuals of the same species that live in a given area. | Population |
| Organism that gets energy and carbon by feeding on tissues, wastes, or remains of other organisms (Animals). | Consumer |
| Mulitstep process by which the first cell of a new individual becomes a multicelled adult. | Development |
| Deoxyribonucleic Acid; molecule that carries hereditary information about traits. | DNA |
| The capacity to do work. | Energy |
| Increases in the number, size, and volume of cells in a multicelled species. | Growth |
| Set of processes by which an organism keeps its internal conditions within tolerable ranges. | Homeostasis |
| Transmission of DNA from parents to offspring. | Inheritance |
| Substance that an organism needs for growth and survival, but cannot make for itself. | Nutrient |
| Organism that makes its own food using energy and simple raw materials from the environment (Plants). | Producer |
| Molecule or structure that responds to a specific form of stimulation. | Receptor |
| Process by which parents produce offspring. | Reproduction |
| Multicelled consumer that develops through a series of embryonic stages and moves about during part or all of the life cycle. | Animal |
| A member of the prokaryotic domain Archaea. | Archaean |
| A member of the prokaryotic domain Bacteria. | Bacterium |
| Mental process of judging information before accepting it. | Critical thinking |
| Organism whose cells characteristically have a nucleus. | Eukaryote |
| Type of eukaryotic consumer that obtains nutrients by digestion and absorption outside the body. | Fungus |
| A group of species that share a unique set of traits. | Genus |
| A multicelled, typically photosynthetic producer. | Plant |
| Single-celled organism in which the DNA is not contained in the nucleus. | Prokaryote |
| Diverse group of simple eukaryotes. | Protist |
| Systematic study of nature. | Science |
| A type of organism. | Species |
| Testable explanation of natural phenomenon. | Hypothesis |
| Generalization that describes a consistent natural phenomenon for which there is incomplete scientific explanation. | Law of Nature |
| System similar to an object or event that cannot itself be tested directly. | Model |
| A statement, based on a hypothesis, about a condition that should exist if the hypothesis is not wrong. | Prediction |
| Hypothesis that has not been disproven after many years of rigorous testing, and is useful for making predictions about other phenomenon. | Scientific Theory |
| A group of objects or individuals that is identical to an experimental group except for one variable. | Control Group |
| A test designed to support or falsify a prediction. | Experiment |
| A group of objects or individuals that display or are exposed to a variable under investigation. | Experimental Group |
| A characteristic or event that differs among individuals. | Variable |
| Difference between results derived from testing an entire group of events or individuals, and results derived from testing a subset of the group. | Sampling Error |
| Refers to a result that is statisically unlikely to have occured by chance. | Statiscally Significant |
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