Pearson Biology Midterm Exam
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scientific method - 1. identify the problem
2. state your hypothesis
3. test your hypothesis
4. organize and analyze your data
5. form a conclusion
spontaneous generation - the theory that living things can come from
nonliving t...
spontaneous generation - ✔✔the theory that living things can come from
nonliving things
5 characteristics of living things - ✔✔1. all living things are made up of
cells
2. all living things collect energy and use it
3. all living things respond or react to their surrounding environment
4. all living things grow and develop
5. all living things are able to reproduce
compound light microscope - ✔✔uses light and more than one lens to
look at living cells (1500)
, scanning electron microscope - ✔✔sweeps a beam of electrons over the
surface of the specimen causing electrons to be emitted from the specimen
(20000)
transmission electron microscope - ✔✔aims a beam of electrons through
a specimen
hypothesis - ✔✔attempts to answer questions by putting forth a plausible
explanation that has yet to be vigorously tested
theory - ✔✔has already undergone extensive testing by various
scientists and is generally accepted as being accurate
primary producers - ✔✔organisms producing their own food through the
process of photosynthesis
decomposers - ✔✔organisms that break down dead or decaying
organisms, and in doing so they carry out the natural process of
decomposition
biotic - ✔✔living factors of an ecosystem
abiotic - ✔✔nonliving factors of an ecosystem
carnivore - ✔✔living things that eat meat
herbivore - ✔✔living things that eat plants
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