Chapter ONE Review- Scientific Method and Char. of Life

When a baby kitten becomes an adult cat, this is an example of...

• energy metabolism
• growth and development
• response to stimuli
• having cells

The combination of chemical reactions through

which an organism builds up or breaks down

materials as it carries out its life processes is called ...

• absorption

• metabolism

• digestion

• consumption

Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

• homeostasis

• equilibrium

• balance

• evenness

An organism that makes its own food is 

• an omnivore
• a heterotroph
• an autotroph
• a carnivore

Identify the characteristic: when you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6^oF.

• All living things use energy

• All living things contain cells

• All living things maintain homeostasis

• All living things grow and develop

The following list represents characteristics of a living thing :

• made of cells, has lungs, can reproduce

• grows and develops, responds to surroundings, can move

• has similar chemicals, makes noises, made of cells

• made of cells, grows and develops, uses energy

Scientists need to start by doing what?

• Carefully observing

• Experimenting

• Concluding

• Dancing

Data is...

• Your possible answer to the hypothesis

• Always quantitative

• Information gathered during the experiment

• The first step in the scientific method

A suggestion or possible answer to the question is a...

• data

• analysis

• conclusion

• hypothesis

Scientists use GUESSING as a part of the scientific method.

• TRUE

• FALSE