Bridge/GED Science Vocab 2 6-9 Flash Cards

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Title: Bridge/GED Science Vocab 2 6-9
Description: Chapters 6-9
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Created: 2012-01-04
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    • Side 3
    • This statement best describes scientists?
    • Scientists are like most people, having a wide range of interests and enjoying many types of work environments.
    • In what way was the science of primitive people like the science of today
    • Primitive people used the knowledge they had to understand their world in ways that made sense to them, much as we do today.
    • Which of the following beliefs is characteristic of the science of Aristotle?
    • Evolution of life forms does not occur.
    • What is the most important advance in scientific thinking that occurred during the Renaissance?
    • a move away from the idea that the universe centers on Earth and nature centers on human beings
    • What role should personal beliefs play in the study of science?
    • Personal beliefs should focus on those questions for which science cannot provide an answer. These are mainly religious questions and questions relating to personal values.
    • As a scientific word, what is the best definition of the term evolution?
    • a slow change over time brought about by natural processes
    • Which statement most accurately reflects the view that scientists have today regarding the structure of matter?
    • All matter is composed of a limited number of elements, where each element is a group of similar atoms.
    • In what process is DNA involved?
    • heredity
    • What is the principle of biogenesis?
    • the theory that a living organism can arise only from another living organism
    • this is a characteristic of all living things?
    • All living things depend on an external source of energy.
    • In what way does a plant cell differ from an animal cell?
    • Plant cells contain a cell wall and chloroplasts, but animal cells do not.
    • What is the best description of the role played by organelles in a living cell?
    • Organelles are structures that carry out all of the processes that take place in a living cell.
    • What is the best description of the process known as metamorphosis?
    • Metamorphosis is the process by which certain animals go through several very different life stages.
    • What is the main feature that distinguishes amphibians from fish or reptiles?
    • Amphibians have two or more different stages in their lives.
    • This is the difference between female mammals and female birds.
    • Female mammals have milk-producing mammary glands, but female birds do not.
    • What five senses do all complex animals have?
    • sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch
    • What is an ecosystem?
    • a community of organisms, together with all available natural resources and habitats used by those organisms
    • In Darwin's theory of evolution, what is the process Darwin called natural selection?
    • the process by which individuals with favorable traits within a species are most likely to survive and pass those traits on to offspring