Biology test

What are some of the skills used in life sciences? List and describe each of them.
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What are some of the skills used in life sciences? List and describe each of them.
Observe, predict, inference, classify, model.
What are the steps of the scientific method? List and describe each of them.
Ask questions
Form a hypothesis
Design an experiment
collect and interpret data
draw conclusion
communicate
Living vs non-living things - define and give examples of each
Living things are made up of cell or cells. They use energy to survive. They have the ability to reproduce, grow, ability to adapt to the environment.
Examples: kittens, fish, birds, insects and us people. Something that they all have in common is that they all grow, need nutrients, and they reproduce.

Non-living things are things that are basically not alive.
Examples: Rocks, Water, the Sun, glass, and sand.
What makes a successful scientist?
Curiosity, honesty, skepticism, creativity
What are organisms?
Living organic things
What are the 6 characteristics of living things?
-cellular organization
-similar chemicals
-use energy
-grow and develop
-respond to surroundings
-reproduce
How do cells organize themselves into organisms?
cells are grouped into tissues, groups of tissues make up organs, and organs with a similar function are grouped into an organ system. tissues, organs, and organ systems.
Define cell
The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism. The smallest unit of life.
Organisms may be unicellular or multicellular. What does that mean?
A unicellular organism depends upon just one cell for all of its functions while a multicellular organism has cells specialized to perform different functions that all of them together support the organism.
Give an example of a stimulus and a response when organisms respond to their surroundings.
Plant gets covered (stimulus) plant moves (moves)
Define classificationits how we organize everything into groupsDefine taxonomyThe study of classification of living things.Define binomial nomenclaturea naming sistem using 2 wordsWhat are the levels of classification in the world of life sciences?Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, Genus, species.Define Eukaryotecell with nucleosDefine prokaryoteA cell that does not have a nucleusNucleusA part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction.What is life sciences?The study of living things