Question | Answer |
The study of life | biology |
An increase in mass and number of cells in an organism | growth |
the ability to cause change or do work | energy |
types of energy | radiant, chemical, mechanical, electrical and thermal |
microwaves, x rays, radio waves, and light are examples of what kind of energy? | radiant |
What kind of energy is captured from the sun by plants? | radiant |
Building blocks that make up all living things. Smallest unit of life. | cells |
a group of cells that perform a common function. | tissue |
a group of tissues that perform a common function (job). | organ |
Example of an organ | stomach, esophagus |
a group of organs that perform a common function | organ system |
example of an organ system | digestive system (breaks down your food). |
any complete living thing | organism |
example of an organism | human, fish, flower |
your body's way of keeping your internal environment balanced. | homeostasis |
examples of homeostasis | sweating, shivering |
levels of organization of an organism | cell-tissue-organ-organ system-organism |
something that causes a response. | stimulus |
an example of a stimulus | plant grows towards the light |
7 things that classify a living thing | made of cells, different levels of organization, use energy, responds to environment, grows, reproduces, adapts to environment |
Dependent variable in our clover experiment. What did we measure? | number of sprouts |
Constants for the clover experiment. What did we keep the same? | type of soil, amount of soil and light |
Independent variable in the brine shrimp experiment. What did we change? | amount of salt |