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| The theme that reflects the idea that there has been a gradual change in the characteristics of species over time is | evolution |
| Living things adjust to a stimulus by a reaction called a | response |
| Living things change during their lives through | growth and development |
| All living things __ to make more living things | reproduce |
| Key to the study of biology is learning about the | life around us |
| Living things do not adapt to their surroundings by | building on previous knowledge |
| The study of standards for what is right and what is wrong is called | ethics |
| The information gathered from experiments is called | the data |
| A structured procedure for collecting information to test a hypothesis is a | experiment |
| The application of science to the needs and problems of society is | technology |
| A scientific explanation in which all conditions are kept the same is the | control |
| The steps commonl used by scientists in gethering information to test hypostheses and solve problems are called | scientific methods |
| a testable explanation for a question or problem is a | hypothesis |
| Knowledge gained by scientific research | in never inherently good or bad |
| Technology has allowed humand to produce more food and reduce the chance of starvation by individuals in some countries. How has this advantage created additional technological needs? | the technology has allowed populations to continue to grow, creating the need for additional food |
| Because is it often difficult to gather numerical data, __ information is collected | descriptive |
| Quantitative research is often reported as ___ to aid understanding | graphs and charts |
| ___ research is usually based on numerical measuremements | quantitative |
| An experiment is __- | a test of a hypothesis |
| The effect of local population fluctuations in rapidly expanding surburbs may __ schools, roads, and police and fire services | stress |
| The effect of movement of people between counties has ___ effect on total world population | no |
| A coumnty that has a stable population is characterized by an age structure that is | about the same amond all groups |
| Bacteria employ a ___ reproductive strategy | rapid |
| Organisma that employ a strategy of slow reproduction ususally require an environment that is | stable |
| A population that grows until is reaches its carrying capacity usually has the shape of an | S |
| Density-independent factors are limiting factors whose effects are | not influenced by population density |
| Unrestricted populations of organisms experience | exponential growth |
| When you study all the growth characteristics of a human populatiion, you are studying its | demography |
| Population control factors who effects increase as size of the population increases are | density-dependent factors |
| the evolutionary history of a species is its | phylogeny |
| A systen for naming species in which two words are used to name an organism is | binomial nomenclature |
| the placing of information or objects into groups based on certain similarities is | classification |
| a heterotrophic eukaryote associated with the decomposition of dead organisms is a | fungus |
| A group of related classes of plants is a | division |
| the science of grouping and naming organisms is | taxonomy |
| the method used to contruct a hypothetical evolutionary tree is | cladistics |
| Biologists us __ to create cladogram | derived traits |
