MB Chapter 1 The Science of Life Vocabulary Quiz

What is testable explanation?

• observation

• hypothesis

• experiment

• constant

What process regulates an organism’s internal

conditions and keeps them stable?

• adaptation

• equilibrium

• homeostasis

• metabolism

Living things are made of one or more cells

• true

• false

What do we call the branch of Biology that studies how organisms interact with their environment?

• Meteorology

• Cosmetology

• Ecology

• Pharmacology

Characteristics of an organism:
1. Made of many cells
2. Each cell has a nucleus
3. Eats other organisms
4. Can move itself around
Which word would describe this organism?

• Autotrophic
• Prokaryotic
• Immotile
• Multicellular

Process of an organized approach and running experiments

• living things

• botany

• scientific method

• variables

A proposed explanation, (educated guess)

• hypothesis

• opinion

• inference

• theory

The process of testing a hypothesis

• experiment

• data collection

• conclusion

• inference

The variable that a scientist is testing (can change)

• dependent

• control

• independent

• experimental

The variable that a scientist is measuring

• dependent

• control

• independent

• experimental