Biology Quarter 1 Final

A proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations

• Biology

• Abiotic Factors

• Hypothesis

• Food Web

The process of gathering information about events or processes in a careful, orderly way

• Observation

• Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

• Biology

Made up of the observations a scientist makes during an experiment

• Observations

• Experiment

• Evidence

• Scientific Method

Statements describing what always happens under certain conditions

• Food Chain

• Scientific Law

• Energy Pyramid

• Ecosystem

A summary of a hypothesis or group of hypotheses that have been supported with repeated testing and data.

• Hypothesis

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Water Cycle

• Scientific Theory

Affected variable in an experiment

• Food Chain

• Dependent Variable

• Scientific Method

• Ecology

The variable that affects the dependent variable

• Independent Variable

• Abiotic Factors

• Carbon Cycle

• Ecosystem

Which of the following is NOT a step in the Scientific Method?

• Make observations

• Do an experiment 5 times

• Find out what is already known about your observation (research)

• Form a hypothesis

Reproduction that involves only one parent and creates a genetically identical offspring

• Offspring

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Asexual Reproduction

Combining genetic information from two parents to make genetically unique offspring

• Producer

• Sexual Reproduction

• Consumer

• Photosynthesis