Scientific Method | Characteristics of Life | Microscope | Origins of Life/Evolution | Evolution/classification |
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What is an observation?
(Answer with a step of the scientific method)
Noticing that the leaves are changing color |
What is growth and development?
This characteristic of life describes how living things become larger through processes of cell division and become more mature throughout their lives
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What is the arm?
Label #10
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When was the earth formed?
About 4.6 billion years ago
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Who came up with the theory of evolution as we know it today?
Charles Darwin
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What is the hypothesis?
(Answer with a step of the scientific method)
If the scientist moves the plant to a sunnier corner, then it will grow taller. |
What is homeostasis?
Going to the bathroom or sweating helps support this characteristic of life.
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What is the eyepiece?
Label #9
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When did the first microorganism/stromatolite appear?
3.5 BYA
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What is overproduction?
The principle of natural selection involving too many offspring than can survive in a given environment
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What is the conclusion?
The step of the scientific method where the hypothesis was supported or not.
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What is genetic code?
There are only two types of molecules that are involved with this characteristic of life, but they determine nearly all of life's functions
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What is the stage?
Label #11
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What is the Miller-Urey experiment?
The name of the experiment that simulated the conditions on early earth to create amino acids
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What is speciation?
This event is represented by a node on the phylogenetic tree
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What is qualitative data?
An example of this data would be:
The clouds in the sky were puffy and white. |
What is metabolism?
Bone repair and chemical breakdown of saliva are two examples of this characteristic of life
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What is the diaphragm?
Label #7
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What is primordial soup?
The collection of small molecules found in earth's primitive oceans that may have been the source of all live today
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What is binomial nomenclature?
The naming system for all organisms in which they are named according to their genus and species
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What is the analysis?
(Answer with a step of the scientific method)
Tony has collected all of his rainfall data to see how much precipitation accumulated during October. He is now looking at the data to see what happened (step 4 of the scientific method) |
What is change over time?
The color variation of leaves on trees is an example of this characteristic of life
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What is the fine adjustment?
Label #13
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What is the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis?
The name of the hypothesis that suggests that earth was formed from a mixture of small molecules and lightening
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What is a vestigial organ?
The appendix is an example of this type of homologous structure
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