Science Test Study Guide Test is Thursday September 15th

Test is Thursday September 15th.

Know these terms.  The best way is to remember one word from the definition.

Hemeostasis - keeping of an organism internal, life-maintaining conditions

control - standard for comparison in an experiment

cell - smallest unit of a living thing that can perform life functions

biogenesis - living things come from other living things

phylogeny - species evoluntionary history

variable - factors that change in an experiment

theory - explanation that is supported by results from repeated experiments

spontaneous generation - living things come from nonliving things

hypothesis - educated guess


The number of variables you can test in an experiment is 1.

Control is the word that is used for comparison in an experiment.

Many-celled organisms grow due to an increase in number of cells.

If you don't know the scientific name of an organism it is best to use a dichotomous key to find its name.

Scientific names consists of genus and species

Th first name in the scientific name is Genus


The scientific method is best remembered by using this memory aide  SGHEADS

State the problem

gather information

Hypothesis

Experiment

Analyse data

draw conclusions

Share the information

SGHEADS

Scinece Test Thursday September 15th

There is a Science Test this Thursday September 15th. Study guide will be coming.

Thanks
Andy Flachs