Biology Chapter 1 Review

An inference is a __________________________.

Data that can be expressed as numbers is ____________________________________.

Living things are made up of basic units called __________________________.

The _______________ field allows us to”edit” and rewrite the genetic code.

The Greek word ____________means "study of."

________________ help visualize and summarize ideas.

An inference can lead to a/an________________________.

________________means you are having a doubt.

The Greek philosopher, Pythagoras, believed that the Earth was _________________________.

When you practice and master science skills, you also are learning skills that are useful in _______________.

All living things on Earth are linked in a ________ of interdependent relationships.

This science course will mainly focus on _____________________________________.

_________________________ are particles made up of proteins, nucleic acids, and sometimes lipids.

The the constant set of conditions an organism must keep to survive is called ____________________________.

The variable that you do NOT change is the ____________ variable

A hypothesis should always be __________________________.

The Greek word __________ means "life."

 __________________ move more matter and use more energy than any other species on Earth.

The variable that you observe(and only changes in response to the independent variable) is ____________________________

Scientific investigations begin with ____________________________.

A ____________________________ is a signal to which an organism responds

Data that is expressed by words or pictures is __________________________________.

Science organizes information using _____________________________.

A/an _____________________ is a personal, rather than scientific, point of view for, or against, something.

The Scientific Method involves _____________

Biology focuses on ___________________________.

Predation, competition, and__________________are examples of interactions that occur within a biological system.

Within the _______________, all of the different parts of the system work together and interact with one another.

The study of biology revolves around several __________________________concepts.

Some organisms, such as___________________, obtain energy from sunlight and take up nutrients from air, water, and soil.

Scientists use ___________________________to come up with explanations and make predictions.

 ___________________________ are the smallest units of an organism that can be considered alive

The change in cell structure during division is called ______________________________.

______________is when scientists share findings with other scientists by publishing them for review.

Biologists have discovered roughly_______________ different kinds of living organisms.

______________________________is how much a measurement can vary.

Scientific knowledge is _____________________________________.

Scientists should be skeptics, who question ideas and refuse to accept explanations without __________

A variable that can be changed is called __________________________.

The chemical reactions of an organism as it carries out its life processes is called _____________________________.