Question | Answer |
Growth | to kinds of growth- cell division and cell enlargement
baby-kid-teen-adult |
reproduce | asexual reproduction- cloning, budding- involves an egg and a sperm |
energy | get energy from sun!the sum of all chemical process that occur in an organism metabolism - sun fuels |
stimulus response | must respond to environment to stay alive- internal and external factor in the environment that causes a response- hunger, temperature, light, sound, pain |
homestasis | living tings maintain a constant living environment-the state biological balance- many responces are an effort to reach homostasis - temp water hP SWEATING |
cells | smallest unit of life- all living things are organized into cells- living things are either unicellular or multicellular- put in groups by there functions |
organization | living things are organized on the inside- all structures have a function
molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ systemsc |
volume | the amount of space an object takes up, graduated cylinder, liters |
distance | the amount of space between 2 points, meter stick or ruler, meter |
time | the amount of space between 2 occurrences |
tempurature | how hot or cold something is, thermometer, Celsius |
mass | the amount of matter in an object, triple beam balance, grams |
independent variable | the only factor that is changed or varied by the experimenter in an experiment |
dependent variable | the factor that responds or depends on the independent variable |
constant | things that are kept the same throughout an experiment |
control | the factor that is used as the standard to which everything is compared |
hypothesis | an observation or idea |