Biology Terms Flashcards

The high degree order within an organism's internal and external parts and its interactions with the living world.

The smallest unit that can perform a life process.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Groups of specialized parts that carry out a certain function in the organism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Carry out specialized jobs within an organ system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Groups of cells that have similar abilities and that allow organ function.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tiny structures that carry out functions necessary for the cells to stay alive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemical compounds that provide physical structure and that bring about movement, energy use, and other functions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The simplest particle of an element that retains all the properties of a certain element.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The maintenance of a stable level of internal conditions even though environmental conditions are constantly changing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The sum of all the chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The formation of two new cells from an existing cell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process by which an organism becomes a mature adult.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Process where all organisms produce new organisms like themselves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A short segment of DNA that contains the instructions for a single trait of an organism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The act of perceiving a natural occurrence that causes someone to pose a question.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A proposed explanation for the way a particular aspect of the natural world functions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A statement that forecasts what would happen in a test situation if a hypothesis were true.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Used to test a hypothesis and its predictions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Compares an experimental group and a control group and only has one variable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Provides a normal standard against which the biologist can compare the results of the experimental group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Identical to the control group except for one factor, the independent variable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Variable the experimenter manipulates.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Variable that responds to the independent variable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A set of related hypotheses confirmed to be true.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scientists who are experts in the field anonymously read and critique that research paper.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Process where living things were thought to have arrived from nonliving things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By determining what foods to eat, how much exercise to get, and how to avoid getting sick.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By working to solve real-world issues and problems, including improving our food supply, curing disease, and preserving our environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organization and the presence of one or more cells, response to stimulus, homeostasis, metabolism, growth and development, reproduction, and change through time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In highest level, organisms are made up of organ systems, the organ systems are made up of organs, the organs are made up of tissues, the tissues are made up of cells, within each cell are organelles, organelles contain biological molecules, and all biological molecules are made up of atoms.</p> Signup and view all the answers