Scientific Method Characteristics of Life Microscope Origins of Life/Evolution Evolution/classification
100
What is an observation?
(Answer with a step of the scientific method)

Noticing that the leaves are changing color
100
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
100
What is the arm?
Label #10
100
When was the earth formed?
About 4.6 billion years ago
100
Who came up with the theory of evolution as we know it today?
Charles Darwin
200
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.
200
What is homeostasis?
Going to the bathroom or sweating helps support this characteristic of life.
200
What is the eyepiece?
Label #9
200
When did the first microorganism/stromatolite appear?
3.5 BYA
200
What is overproduction?
The principle of natural selection involving too many offspring than can survive in a given environment
300
What is the conclusion?
The step of the scientific method where the hypothesis was supported or not.
300
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
300
What is the stage?
Label #11
300
What is the Miller-Urey experiment?
The name of the experiment that simulated the conditions on early earth to create amino acids
300
What is speciation?
This event is represented by a node on the phylogenetic tree
400
What is qualitative data?
An example of this data would be:

The clouds in the sky were puffy and white.
400
What is metabolism?
Bone repair and chemical breakdown of saliva are two examples of this characteristic of life
400
What is the diaphragm?
Label #7
400
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
400
What is binomial nomenclature?
The naming system for all organisms in which they are named according to their genus and species
500
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)
500
What is change over time?
The color variation of leaves on trees is an example of this characteristic of life
500
What is the fine adjustment?
Label #13
500
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
500
What is a vestigial organ?
The appendix is an example of this type of homologous structure






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