Biology: Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz 2023-2024

Possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question.

• Question
• Observation
• Hypothesis
• Experiment

Experiment in which only one variable is changed.

• Controlled Experiment

• Data
• Theory
• Conclusion

The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.

• a bias
• a theory
• a hypothesis
• an inference

A well - tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses, and enables scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations.

• a hypothesis
• an inference
• a theory
• a controlled experiment

Relatively constant internal, physical, and chemical conditions that organisms maintain.

• homeostasis
• evolution
• metabolism
• photosynthesis

The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life processes is called _______.

• curiosity
• energy
• metabolism
• predictions
• theory

a logical interpretation based on current knowledge and experience.

• hypothesis

• observation

• analysis

• inference

Factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed; also called the manipulated variable.

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• placebo

• control

Signal to which an organism responds.

• Stimulus

• Reproduction

• One or more cells.

• Inheritance