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3. 2 Characteristics of Life

4. 3 Organization of Cells

5. 4 Reproduction

6. 5 Diversity & Unity of Life

7. 6 Natural Selection

8. 7 Science as a Process

9. 8 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Characteristics of Life Organization of Cells Diversity & Unity of LIFE Natural Selection Science as a Process Reproduction

10. 9 A physical or chemical change in an organism’s internal or external environment

11. 10 What is a stimulus?

12. 11 Maintaining a stable internal environment

13. 12 What is homeostasis?

14. 13 Total of all the chemical reactions in an organism

15. 14 What is metabolism?

16. 15 Process where organisms become mature adults

17. 16 What is development?

18. 17 Two “E’s” required by all organisms

19. 18 What are Energy and Enzymes?

20. 19 Chemical compounds that provide physical structure in organisms

21. 20 What are biological molecules?

22. 21 High degree of order between an organism’s internal and external parts

23. 22 What is organization?

24. 23 Smallest unit that can perform all life’s processes

25. 24 What is a cell?

26. 25 Structures that carry out specialized jobs within an organ system

27. 26 What is an organ?

28. 27 Group of cells that have similar abilities and that allow an organ to function

29. 28 What are tissues?

30. 29 The process in which all organisms produce new organisms like themselves

31. 30 What is reproduction?

32. 31 Large molecule containing the hereditary code for an organism

33. 32 What is DNA?

34. 33 Hereditary information from two individuals is combined in their offspring

35. 34 What is sexual reproduction?

36. 35

37. 36 A short segment of DNA that codes for a protein or polypeptide

38. 37 What is a gene?

39. 38 Single organism divides producing genetically identical cells

40. 39 What is asexual reproduction?

41. 40 Branch of biology that studies organisms interacting with each other & their environment

42. 41 What is ecology?

43. 42 Communities of organisms and their physical environment

44. 43 What is an ecosystem?

45. 44 The rules that govern how cells use the hereditary instructions in their DNA

46. 45 What is the genetic code?

47. 46 The three domains of life

48. 47 What are Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya?

49. 48 The six Kingdoms of life

50. 49 What are Archaebacteria (Archaea), Eubacteria (Bacteria), Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia?

51. 50 Traits that improve an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce

52. 51 What are adaptations?

53. 52 Organisms with favorable traits survive & reproduce to pass on their genes

54. 53 What is natural selection?

55. 54 Helps us understand how populations of organisms came into existence & how they’ve changed over time

56. 55 What is evolution?

57. 56 Rabbits with white fur and short ears in snow would be an example

58. 57 What are adaptations?

59. 58

60. 59 Also known as “Descent with Modification”

61. 60 What is Darwin’s idea of evolution?

62. 61 Organized approach used in science to explain observations of the natural world

63. 62 What is the scientific method?

64. 63 First step in a scientific study

65. 64 What is observation of the natural world?

66. 65 A statement that proposes an explanation to a scientific question

67. 66 What is a hypothesis?

68. 67 A group in an experiment that is used for comparison

69. 68 What is the control?

70. 69 Numerical data collected in a scientific experiment

71. 70 What is quantitative data?

72. 71 Final Jeopardy

73. 72 Measurement

74. 73 Metric unit most likely to be used to measure the size of a cell

75. 74 What are micrometers?