CharacteristiCharacteristics of Lifecs of Life

OrganizatioOrganization of Lifen of Life

Scientific Scientific MethodMethod

Scientific Scientific Method, Method,

cont.cont.

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Char. Of Life

Organization of Life

Scientific Method

Scientific Method,

cont.

Mystery!!Vocabulary Matters

The smallest The smallest units that can units that can carry on all carry on all functions of functions of

life.life.

What are cells ?What are cells ?

Process by which Process by which living things living things

maintain a constant maintain a constant internal internal

environment.environment.

What is What is homeostasis?homeostasis?

Organisms that must Organisms that must get their energy from get their energy from eating autotrophs or eating autotrophs or

other food items.other food items.

What are What are heterotrophs?heterotrophs?

Which is NOT a Which is NOT a distinct distinct

property of property of living things?living things?

Homeostasis, Homeostasis, complexity, complexity,

metabolism, or metabolism, or reproductionreproduction

What is What is complexitcomplexit

y?y?

Instructions for Instructions for development development passed from passed from parents to parents to offspring.offspring.

What are What are genes?genes?

Chemical Chemical compounds that compounds that provide physical provide physical

structure and that structure and that bring about bring about

movement, energy movement, energy use, and other use, and other

cellular functionscellular functions

What are What are molecules?molecules?

The The smallessmallest unit of t unit of

lifelife

What is the What is the cell?cell?

A group of A group of populations populations

living living together in together in one areaone area

What is a What is a communitcommunit

y?y?

A group of A group of organ organ

systems systems working working

together together

What is What is an an

organism?organism?

CommunitieCommunities of s of

organisms organisms together together with their with their physical physical

environmenenvironmentsts

What is an What is an ecosystem?ecosystem?

A scientist noticed A scientist noticed that in acidic pond that in acidic pond

water, some water, some salamanders salamanders

developed with developed with curved spines. This curved spines. This

was a(n)_____was a(n)_____

What is What is observatioobservatio

n?n?

A testable A testable explanation explanation

of an of an observation.observation.

What is a What is a hypothesishypothesis

??

A unifying A unifying explanation explanation for a broad for a broad

range of range of observationobservation

s.s.

What is a What is a theory?theory?

Scientific Scientific hypotheses are hypotheses are

most often most often tested by the tested by the

process of process of ________.________.

What is What is experimentinexperimentin

g?g?

What is the correct order What is the correct order for the following terms?for the following terms?

Predictions, theory, Predictions, theory, controlled testing, controlled testing,

observations, hypothesis, observations, hypothesis, verificationverification

What is What is observations, observations, hypothesis, hypothesis, predictions, predictions,

controlled testing, controlled testing, verification, verification,

theory?theory?

Data reported Data reported in a in a

descriptive descriptive way.way.

What is What is qualitative qualitative

data?data?

In an In an experiment, experiment, the group to the group to which results which results are compared.are compared.

What is What is control?control?

The The condition condition

that that changes in changes in

an an experiment.experiment.

What is What is independeindepende

nt nt variable?variable?

The The response to response to a changed a changed condition.condition.

What is What is the the

dependent dependent variable?variable?

Dr. Ross knew that the Dr. Ross knew that the parasite parasite PlasmodiumPlasmodium was was always found in the blood always found in the blood of malaria patients. He of malaria patients. He

thought that if thought that if AnophelesAnopheles were responsible for were responsible for

spreading malaria, then spreading malaria, then PlasmodiumPlasmodium would be would be

found in the mosquitoes. found in the mosquitoes. This idea was a This idea was a

What is What is predictionprediction

??

Substance that Substance that contains all the contains all the information for information for

growth and growth and development.development.

What is DNA?What is DNA?

The study of life.The study of life.

What is What is Biology?Biology?

The study of The study of communities communities or organisms or organisms in relation to in relation to

their their environment?environment?

What is What is ecology?ecology?

Photosynthetic Photosynthetic organisms that organisms that

can make can make energy for energy for

themselves.themselves.

What are What are autotrophsautotrophs

??

Traits that Traits that improve an improve an individual’s individual’s

ability to ability to survive and survive and reproduce.reproduce.

What are What are adaptationsadaptations

??

ArchaebacteriArchaebacteria that live in a that live in HOT places.HOT places.

What are What are thermophiles?thermophiles?

Almost all Almost all organisms organisms

ultimately get ultimately get their energy for their energy for

survival from survival from the ______the ______

What is the What is the sun?sun?

True or FalseTrue or False

Scientists have Scientists have not discovered any not discovered any

new species on new species on Earth in more than Earth in more than

20 years.20 years.

What is What is False?False?

The two ways The two ways in which we in which we regulate our regulate our temperature temperature when we get when we get

too hot?too hot?

What are What are sweating sweating

and and vasodilatiovasodilatio

n?n?

The The measure of measure of how acidic how acidic

or basic or basic something something is called is called

this.this.

What is What is pH?pH?

The sum of all The sum of all chemical reactions chemical reactions

that take in and that take in and transform energy transform energy

and materials and materials from the from the

environment?environment?

What is What is Metabolism?Metabolism?