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The Characteristics of Life

  1. What does biology mean?

  1. What term refers to keeping things the same or at steady state?

  1. What is the basic unit of a living thing?

  1. What are 8 characteristics of living things?

  1. What is the order of organization of living things?

  1. Bacteria are composed of 1 cell. What term describes this characteristic?

  1. What are the changes that occur to a species that make it better able to survive?

  1. In order for a frog to reproduce, there needs to be two frogs each contributing a sex cell. What type of reproduction is this?

  1. A bacteria cell splits in two and makes two new bacteria. What type of reproduction is this?

  1. A person shivers when they enter CHS. What characteristic of life is this?

  1. A rush of adrenaline is released when a deer jumps out in front of your car. What characteristic of life is this?

  1. You eat a yummy lunch to get energy for biology class. What characteristic of life is this?

  1. What do all the living and nonliving things in an area make up?

  1. What is the process of repeating events called?

  1. What are the four types of cycles in living things?

  1. What does a biologist study?

  1. What is the process that creates new life?

  1. When energy changes form – what is often released?

  1. What is the molecule within a cell that carries the instructions for living things?

The Scientific Method

  1. What is the first step in the scientific method?

  1. What is a testable statement?

  1. What is the final statement that summarizes the results of an experiment?

  1. What group is the experimental group compared to – usually stays at normal or stable conditions?

  1. A time-tested, powerful statement that has been tested over several years can be referred to as what?

  1. What type of experiment is used in science – where only one variable is changed at a time?

  1. What are the 6 steps of the scientific method?

  1. What variable does the experimenter control?

  1. How many variables are changed in a controlled experiment?

  1. New York state government researchers wanted to find out if the color of food would affect kindergarten children’s lunch selections. They put food coloring into 5 identical bowls of mashed potatoes. The colors were plain, red, green, yellow, and blue. Each child chose a scoop of potatoes of the color of their choice. The researchers did this experiment using 100 students. They recorded the number of students that chose each color.
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