Download Kingdoms and Sci Method Review Guide

Name
Section
Date
Kingdoms of Life and Scientific Method Study Guide
Vocabulary: MUST define at least 15 terms to get full credit
Adaptation
Organism
Kingdom
Domain
Reproduction
Response
Animal
Unicellular
Evolution
Stimulus
Plant
Multicellular
Homeostasis
Independent
Protist
Eukaryote
Control
Variable
Fungi
Prokaryote
Theory
Dependent
Eubacteria
Autotroph
Hypothesis
Variable
Archaeabacteria
Heterotroph
Eukarya
Bacteria
Archaea
Key Concepts:
 What is an observation? (give an example)
 What is an inference? (give an example)
Learning Goal: Understand how to use and apply the scientific method to novel
situations. Recognize the controls and variable in an experiment given to you.
 What are the steps of the scientific method? (Describe them)
Learning Goal: Design an experiment in which the variables are properly controller
and tested, and conclusions are appropriately drawn.
 Why must experiments be controlled?
 What are the difference between an independent and a dependent variable?
Learning Goal: Communicate the results of experiments along with reasonable
conclusions supported by evidence.

How do you set up a lab in terms of an experimental plan?

What variables did we have to control in our termite experiment?
Learning Goal: Relate the eight properties of life to a living organism and be able
to use those properties to determine if something is alive or dead.
 What are the 8 characteristics of living organisms? (describe them) Remember:
RARE HOGG!
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Is a seed alive? Describe why or why not based on the characteristics of life.
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Learning Goal: Distinguish between the 3 domains and 6 kingdoms of life
on earth.
Kingdom
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Fungi
Protista
Plantae
Animalia
Eukaryote/
Prokayote
(simple/complex)
Unicellular/
Multicellular (one
or more than
one cell)
Autotroph/
heterotroph (can
or cannot make
their own food)