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Honors Biology Basics Exam-Questions with Correct Answers/ Verified/ latest Version (2024/2025)
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Honors Biology Basics Exam-Questions with Correct Answers/Verified/ latest Version (2024/2025)
biology - ✔✔the science of life
cells - ✔✔basic unit of structure/function in all living things
tissue - ✔✔groups of specialized cells
species - ✔✔group of organisms that can breed and produce fertile
offspring
stimulus - ✔✔part of internal/external environment that causes a reaction in an organism
homeostasis - ✔✔regulation of an organism's internal conditions to maintain life
adaptation - ✔✔inherited characteristic resulting from changes to species over time
science - ✔✔body of knowledge based on the study of nature
scientific theory - ✔✔explanation of natural phenomenon supported by many
observations/experiments over time
scientific law - ✔✔describes relationship under certain conditions in nature without
explaining why the relationship is the way it is
technology - ✔✔application of scientific knowledge to solve human needs and extend
human capabilities
reproduction - ✔✔production of offspring
, peer review - ✔✔process by which procedures used during an experiment and the results
are evaluated by other scientists in the same field and who are conducting similar research
hypothesis - ✔✔testable explanation of a situation
experiment - ✔✔an investigation of a phenomenon in a controlled setting to test a
hypothesis
control group - ✔✔group used for comparison in an experiment
experimental group - ✔✔group exposed to the factor being tested
independent variable - ✔✔the one factor in a controlled experiment that can change
dependent variable - ✔✔results from or depends on changes to the independent variable
data - ✔✔information gained from observations
quantitative data - ✔✔measurements of time, temperature, length, mass, area, volume,
density, etc.
qualitative data - ✔✔descriptions of what our senses detect
metric system - ✔✔uses units with divisions that are powers of ten
observation - ✔✔a direct method of gathering information in an orderly way
inference - ✔✔a logical conclusion
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