Biology Chapter 1 Vocab Quiz

the science of life

• chemistry

• biology

• physics

• homeostasis

anything that has or once had the 8 characteristics of life

• organism

• stimulus

• adaptation

• ethics

Regulation of an organism’s internal conditions to maintain life.

• adaptation

• observation

• species

• homeostasis

where an experiment and the results are evaluated by other scientists

• ethics

• peer review

• inference

• science

experiment

• investigate in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis.

• the tested factor that might affect the outcome of the experiment

• an explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by repeated observations and experiments over time.

• The reaction to a stimulus.

dependent variable

• results from or depends on changes to the independent variable.

• the tested factor that might affect the outcome of the experiment

• a factor that remains fixed during an experiment while the independent and dependent variables change.

• used for comparison - DOES NOT CONTAIN THE VARIABLE.

independent variable

• the tested factor that might affect the outcome of the experiment

• results from or depends on changes to the independent variable.

• information gained from observations during an experiment.

• Combining what you know with what you have learned to draw logical conclusions.

an explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by repeated observations and experiments over time.

• theory

• law

describes relationships under certain conditions in nature, but does not explain why the relationship is the way it is.

• theory

• law

a factor that remains fixed during an experiment while the independent and dependent variables change.

• constant

• dependent variable

• independent variable