Review Sheet Unit 1 Biology as a Science
- Define Biology.
- Define Science.
- Explain the scientific method.
- Name and give the purpose of the parts of the microscope.
- List and define three types of variables.
- Give several guidelines for designing experiments.
- List and define the characteristics that define life.
- What is the goal of science?
- Differentiate between hypothesis, theory, and law.
- Describe how to make a wet mount.
- Differentiate between multicellular, unicellular, and colonial organisms.
- Differentiate between an observation and an inference. Give examples of each.
- What did Redi, Needham, Spallanzani, and Pasteur work on? How did each experimenter improve on the previous work?
- Make a list of metric units and what each is used to measure. Give the tool used to make the measurement.
- List several fields of biology and what they entail.
- List the levels of organization for life, in order, and define each.
- List four types of graphs, describe each, and give an example of how each is used.
- Define the following: element, atom, compound, molecule, ion, isotope.
- List the four classes of organic molecules. For each give the monomer, polymer forms, functions in organisms, the elements found in each.
- What is the difference between a saturated and unsaturated fatty acid?
- Why can’t humans digest cellulose? How do cows and termites solve this problem?
- Become familiar with the questions and review associated with Chapters 1 & 2.
