| 1.1/1.2 Studying God's creation | 1.3 Beyond your backyard | 1.4/1.5 Classification and Scientific Method |
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What is an organism?
living thing
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What is an aquatic environment?
water
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What is taxonomy?
the science of classification
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What is biology?
the study of living things
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What isa marine environment?
slat water
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What is a theory in science?
a way of explaining an object or event by using a set of facts
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What is botany?
the study of plants
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What are markings an animals leaves behind that help us observe their behavior?
tracks
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What is a law in science?
a theory that has never been proven false
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What is the difference between flora and fauna?
flora is plants, fauna is animals
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What is an arboreal habitat?
trees
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What two kingdoms did Linnaeus group living things into?
Plant and animal kingdom
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What is a habitat?
an organism's home
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Name two freshwater habitats
Lake, river, pond, stream, etc
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Name some of the steps of the scientific method
hypothesize, observe, experiment
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