2nd Six Week Vocabulary Review (2025)

Match each term to its definition.

• An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.

• Science

• A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

• Observation

• A testable prediction, often implied by a theory.

• Inference

• A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations

• Scientific Theory

• Information obtained through the senses.

• Hypothesis

Match each term to its definition.

• A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions.

• Accuracy

• Numerical data

• Quantitative Data

• A description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured.

• Precision

• Information describing color, odor, shape, or some other physical characteristic.

• Qualitative Data

• A measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another.

• Scientific Law

Match each term to its definition.

species diversity - (a)  

population - (b)  

community - (c)  

ecosystem - (d)  

organism - (e)  

• Variety of different kinds of organisms that make
• A group of individuals that belong to the same spe
• All the different populations that live together i
• A community of organisms and their abiotic environ
• A living thing; anything that can carry out life p

(a)   is a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.

An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called (a)   .

(a)   is a relationship between two species in which both species benefit.

(a)   is a relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed but not usually killed.

A (a)   is an organism that eats producers.

A (a)   is an organism that eats primary consumers; third level of the energy pyramid.

An organism that makes its own food is called an (a)   .