Question | Answer |
Define the scientific method. | Making hypothese about sets of observations and testing the hypotheses. |
Identify basic processes of heredity ( the heirarchy of biological organization) | Molecule-organelle-cell-tissue-organ-organism |
Classifying Life | Species, genus, family, class, phylum, kingdom |
Bacteria | single celled living organisms. |
true or false All bacteria are prokaryotes | True |
Most bacteria in | moist or water-based environments |
viruses | Are not alive. They do not have the ability to independently maintain homeostasis |
1st line of defense how a human body fights desease. | Skin, mucous membranes, and secretions. |
2nd line of how a human body fights desease. | Phagocytes, antimicrobial proteins, inflammation |
The seven characteristics of living things. | Composed of cells, require energy, reproduce, display heredity, respond to environment, maintain homeostasis, evolve and adapt. |
The linnaean classification system | Kingdom, phylum, class, order,family, genus and species. |
Mercury | can only be seen at sunset. no moon |
Venus | Hottest, almost same size and mass as Earth. Rotates in opposite direction of other planets. No moon |
Mars | Red planet, dry, rocky, impact craters, frozen ground. Two moons and 1/2 the size of Earth. |
Jupiter | Mainly gas, largest planet, 16 named moons, no season. |
Saturn | Rings consist of rock and ice, flatten shape, 18 named moons, and a gas giant. |
Uranus | Lays on it side and rolls around the sun, blue, extreme seasons, frozen with molten core. |
Inheritance | Is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to characteristics of its parent cell or organism. |
Bones found in the jaw of reptiles are found in the inner ear of mammals and provide evidence that ... | mammals are descended from reptiles. Had characteristics of both reptiles and birds, thus providing evidence that birds are descended from reptiles. |
Neptune | Gaseous, frigid, blue, seasons last 40 years and has 2 moons |
Gravity | Causes objects to fall |
Weathering | Is the process of the breaking down of rocks, soil, and their menerals through natural, chemical, and biological processes. |
Erosion | Is the movement of solids by the agents of wind water, ice, movement in response to gravity or living organism. |
Atoms, Molecules, or Both. Have a positively charged nucleus | Atoms |
Atoms, Molecules, or Both Can be made of a group of the same elements or can be made of a group of different elements | Molecules |
Atoms, Molecules, or Both Can be held together by a weak force called van der Waals interactions | Both |
Atoms, Molecules, or Both Number of eletrons available for bonding determines how they will react chemically | Both |
Atoms, Molecules, or Both Can be held together by covalent bonding | Molecules |
Kinetic Energy | The form of energy associated with motion. |
Potential Energy | Stored energy( such as water behind a dam) Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. |
Cape | Is a pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river. |
Velocity | the rate at which an object changes position. Speed with a direction. |
Speed | How fast an object is moving. |