Chapter 1: The Study of Life

On the levels of organization of living things, which is the smallest and most fundamental unit of matter?

Order states that all living things are made of of at least 1 cell.

What type of biology is the study of plants?

What is the field of science that studies living things?

Science is the knowledge that covers general truths or the operation of general laws.

Science is the study of life, and so far life is restricted to planet Earth.

What is the first step to the scientific method?

Sunflowers following the sun from morning to night is an examples of what characteristic?

What happens if you are not able to support your hypothesis?

What method of research has defined steps: observation, hypothesis, testing, confirming or falsifying the hypothesis?

What characteristic is as a living thing's environment changes, it will respond in some way to those changes?

What is the opening section of a scientific paper that summarizes the research and conclusions?

What characteristic is absorbing nutrients, water, adjusting the changes in the environment to stay in homeostasis?

On the pyramid of organization of living things, can you have ecosystem without organisms?

A theory is a suggested explanation for an observation which one can test.

What is a form of logical thinking that uses a general inclusive statement to predict specific results?

What part of scientific paper has complete description of the substances, methods, and techniques used in the research?

What is the field of science that studies non-living matter, such as geology, astronomy, physics, and chemistry?

What is a collection of related tissues grouped together performing a common function?

What is a form of logical thinking that uses related observations to arrive at a general conclusion?