Fundamental Properties of Life | Organization | The Scientific Method | Darwin | Unifying Themes |
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What is 5
This is the number of characteristics required to categorize something as living
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What are cells
This is the basic unit of life
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What are inductive and deductive
These are the two types of reasoning used by scientists
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What is FALSE
True or False: Darwin was the first person to ever propose evolution
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What is cell theory
This "theory" is based on the idea that
1. all organisms are composed of cells 2. Cells are the basic units of life 3. All cells come from preexisting cells |
What are cells
All living things are composed of these
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What are organelles
This is the collective name for things like the mitochondria, nucleus, and endoplasmic reticulum
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What is the scientific method
This is the systematic approach by which scientists gain an understanding of the natural world
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What is "On the Origin of Species" "(by Means of Natural Selection)"
This is the name of the book Darwin is most associated with
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What is deoxyribonucleic acid
The name for the abbreviation DNA
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What is use energy
Living things are able to do this after eating or photosynthesis
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What is FALSE
True or false : Viruses are living things
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What is a hypothesis
This must be tested in order to determine validity
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What is South America
The finches that darwin studied were located on this continent
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What is function
This is what structure determines
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What is maintaining homeostasis
An example of this characteristic of living things is how our internal body temperatures stay the same when we go outside in the cold.
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What are atoms
This basic unit makes up all molecules
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What is 1
An experiment is designed to only test ___ variable(s) at a time
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What is "Descent with modification"
This is another way to phrase the term "evolution"
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What is Gene
This is a discrete unit of cellular information
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What is heredity
This is a characteristic of living things that involved DNA
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What are tissues
Organs are made up of these
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What is a theory
This is not a guess, but the most certain explanation for something
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What is the fossil record
This evidence for Darwin's theory goes back about 3.5 billion years
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What is the genome
The is the entire set of DNA instructions
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