BioH: The Characteristics of Life + Scientific Method

Quantitative or Qualitative? Number of eggs in a carton.

What are the two kinds of variables that you need to identify in your experiments?

Quantitative or Qualitative? Color of your pool water

How many independent variables can you have during an experiment?

Identify as a claim, evidence, or reasoning: Large fires can sometimes produce smaller fires.

How do you know that your problem or question is valid?

Quantitative or Qualitative? Smoothness of the eggs in a carton.

Science is all of the following except:

Cells from 2 parents unite to form the first cell of a genetically different organism during...

What is the independent variable?

True or False? A scientific theory is "just a theory" and doesn't need to be taken seriously.

With few variations, life's genetic code is almost identical in every organism on Earth.

Identify as a claim, evidence, or reasoning: Metabolism uses chemical reactions as energy for the growth of the organism

The process of keeping internal conditions stable when external conditions change is called ...

What is the dependent variable?

Identify as a claim, evidence, or reasoning: All living things have the ability to grow and develop over time.

Information gathered from watching a plant grow 2cm in a week is called what?

What process uses chemical reactions in an organism to build up or break down materials?

Which process occurs when a single organism produces offspring identical to itself (AKA cloning)?

Quantitative or Qualitative? pH levels of your pool water.

Which of the following is an example of development?

This statement would be which part of the scientific method: "There is so much snow outside!"

Identify as a claim, evidence, or reasoning: Fire also needs energy to exist.

In what molecule is an organism's genetic code written?

Identify as a claim, evidence, or reasoning: Fire cannot be classified as a living organism.

How many constants can you have in an experiment?

For an organism to be considered a living thing, it must have ALL the characteristics of life.

What is the control group?

You touch a hot stove and quickly pull your hand away. What is the stimulus?

Identify as a claim, evidence, or reasoning: Fire can grow in size if not contained.

Identify as a claim, evidence, or reasoning: The ability to generate offspring is a characteristic of life.

When is a hypothesis created?

What are experimental constants?

When you have an infection, your body temperature rises to kill off pathogens. This is an example of ...

What is the smallest unit of life, considered to be fully alive?

The scientific method is all of the following except:

What is the first step in completing the scientific method?

This statement would be which part of the SM: "If I study every day, my grades will go up."

Pupils shrink when sudden bright light is beamed into the eye. The light is an example of a ...