Virgnia Biology SOL Review with correct answers 100%

Virgnia Biology SOL Review with correct answers 100% Scientific Method - Correct Answer An organized way to test scientific hypotheses Qualitative - Correct Answer observation using the 5 senses (example red, blue, hot, cold) Quantitative - Correct Answer Observation using measuring tools and is given in a number form (example 5 milliliters of liquid) Dependent variable - Correct Answer Variable that responds(depends) on what is changed by the researcher. Independent variable - Correct Answer Variable that you change in the experiment. The "I changed it" Variable. Control - Correct Answer Setup where the independent variable is not changed. Constant - Correct Answer Things that can change in an experiment but you want to keep the same. Hypothesis - Correct Answer An educated guess. Theory - Correct Answer An accepted explanation of something based on many observations and experiments. Evidence - Correct Answer your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief Analysis - Correct Answer an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole Inference - Correct Answer the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former Observation - Correct Answer an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence often involving measurement with instruments Conclusion - Correct Answer a reasoned judgment: the necessary consequence of two or more propositions taken as premises Deduction - Correct Answer the deriving of a conclusion by reasoning Kingdom - Correct Answer a major category (as Plantae or Protista) in biological taxonomy that ranks above the phylum and below the domain Phylum - Correct Answer a primary category in biological taxonomy especially of animals that ranks above the class and below the kingdom Class - Correct Answer a major category in biological taxonomy ranking above the order and below the phylum or division Order - Correct Answer taxonomic group containing one or more families Family - Correct Answer a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (sharks belong to the fish family) Genus - Correct Answer taxonomic group containing one or more species Species - Correct Answer taxonomic group whose members can interbreed Organism - Correct Answer a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently Binomial - Correct Answer a biological species name consisting of two terms Taxonomy - Correct Answer study of the general principles of scientific classification Taxa - Correct Answer animal or plant group having natural relations Dichotomous key - Correct Answer a key for the identification of organisms based on a series of choices between alternative characters Classification - Correct Answer the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories Chordate - Correct Answer any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column Vertebrate - Correct Answer animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium Invertebrate - Correct Answer any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification Prokaryote - Correct Answer a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma Eukaryote - Correct Answer an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells Archaebacteria - Correct Answer considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae Eubacteria - Correct Answer a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella Fungi - Correct Answer the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants Animalia - Correct Answer taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals Protista - Correct Answer eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals; protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae Monera - Correct Answer Old classification for all bacteria. Protozoan - Correct Answer Mostly one celled Eukaryotes with no cell wall. Some are Plant like, some are animal like and some are fungus like. Cell - Correct Answer basic unit of life