Date

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Characteristics of Living Things

Complete the concept map on the characteristics of living things. Use these words or phrases once: partic

ular functions, gr(JW, stimuli, specialized parts, environment, species, new structures, produce fertile offspring,
adjust, continuation, similar organisms, living matter, interbreed, organization, reproduce.
Living Things

I
share these characteristics

show

can

can

can

to their

with

in response to

that perform
by forming

group of

able to

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Get the Big Pidure
Find the section titles and the red and blue headings in Chapter 1 of your textbook. Use the
section titles to fill in the rectangles in the idea map below. Use the red headings to fill in the
ovals. Som,e of the rectangles and ovals have been filled in for you.

Biology: The Study of Life

1.1 What Is Biology?

The science
of biology

1.2 The Methods

of Biology

1.3 The Nature

of Biology

Observing and

hypothesizing

Science and society

Each statement below goes with one of the headings in the ovals above. Write the letter of each
heading on the line in front of the statement it goes with.
All living things, even humans, need one another for survival.
All organisms have structure and share traits with other organisms.
All organisms respond to stimuli and make adjustments to environmental conditions.
The microscope and the gas chromatograph are some of the tools biologists use in
their studies.
Scientists always report measurements in SI.

Society as a whole must take responsibility for the ethical use of scientific discoveries.

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Review the Vocabulary

adaptation (ad ap TAY shun)
data
energy
evolution (ev uh LEW shun)
homeostasis (hoh me 0
STAY sus)

organism

response

species (SPEE sheez)

theory
biology
dependent variable
environment
experiment
hypothesis (hi PAHTH us sus)
organization
safety symbol
stimulus

control
development
ethics
growth
independent variable
reproduction
scientific methods
technology (tek NAHL uh jee)

The Chapter 1 vocabulary words are listed above. Review the definitions of these words. Then
draw a line to match each word in the box with its definition.
1. What you do to test a hypothesis
a.
'b .
c.
d.
e.

biology
ethics
reproduction
homeostasis
experiment

2. Making of offspring
3. Moral principles and values held by humans
4. Study of living things
5. Living things maintaining body functions

Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow. You will not use all
the words.
response

organism

organization

control

stimulus

adaptation

technology

evolution

6. A(n) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~ has all four traits of life.

7. A(n) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ causes living things to respond.
8. Scientific research for society's needs or problems is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
9. A(n) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in an experiment is used as a standard for comparison.
10. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the change in a species over time.

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Section 1.2 The Methods of Biology

In your textbook, read about observing and hypothesizing.

Answer the following questions.
1. What is meant by scientific methods?

2. What is a hypothesis? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

3. How is a hypothesis tested? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

In your textbook, read about experimenting.

For each item in Column A, write the letter of the matching item in Column B.

Column A

Colwnn B

4. A procedure that tests a hypothesis by collecting

infonnation under controlled conditions

a. dependent variable

5. In an experiment, the group in which all conditions

are kept the same

b. experimental group

6. In an experiment, the group in which all conditions

are kept the same except for the one being tested

7. The condition that is changed by the experimenter

8. The condition being observed or measured in

c. independent variable
d. experiment

e. control group

an experiment

Use each of the terms below just once to complete the passage.
experimental results
scientific journals

experiment(s)
theory

hypothesis
valid

laws
verify

When (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are reported in (10) _ __ _~_ _ _ __

other scientists may try to (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the results by repeating the
(12) _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ . Usually when a(n) (13) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is supported

by data from several scientists, it is considered (14) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Over time, a hypothesis

that is supported by many observations and experiments becomes a (15) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Some well-established facts of nature, such as gravity, are recognized as (16) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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