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38 Cards in this Set
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Biology
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The study of life.
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Organism
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Anything that possesses all the characteristics of life.
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Organization
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All living things show this, or an orderly structure.
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Reproduction
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The production of offspring.
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Species
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A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring in nature.
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Growth
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Results in an increase in the amount of living material and the formation of new structures.
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Development
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All of the changes that take place during the life of an organism.
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Environment
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An organism's surroundings, includes the air, water, weather, temperature, any other organisms in the area and other factors.
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Stimulus
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Anything in an organism's external or internal environment that causes the organism to react.
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Response
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A reaction to a stimulus.
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Homeostasis
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Regulation of an organism's internal environment to maintain conditions suitable for it's survival.
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Energy
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The ability to cause change.
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Adaptation
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Any inherited structure, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to respond to environmental factors and live to produce offspring.
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Evolution
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The gradual change in a species through adaptations over time.
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Scientific Methods
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The common steps that biologists and other scientists use to gather information and answer questions.
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Hypothesis
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An explanation for a question or a problem that can be formally tested.
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Experiment
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An investigation that tests a hypothesis by the process of collecting information under controlled conditions.
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Control
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The part of an experiment that is the standard against which results are compared.
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Independent Variable
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The condition in the experiment that is tested.
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Dependent Variable
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The condition that results from the change.
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Safety Symbol
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A symbol that warns you about danger that may exist from chemicals, electricity, heat, or procedures you will use.
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Data
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Information obtained from investigations.
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Theory
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An explanation of a natural phenomenon that is supported by a large body of scientific evidence obtained from many different investigations.
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Ethics
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Refers to the moral principles and values held by humans.
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Technology
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The application of scientific research to society's needs and problems.
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Ecology
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The study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment.
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Biosphere
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The portion of the Earth that supports living things.
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A biotic Factors
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The nonliving parts of an organism's environment.
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Biotic Factors
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All the living organism's that inhabit an environment.
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Population
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A group of organisms, all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time.
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Biological Community
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Made up of interacting populations in a certain area at a certain time.
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Ecosystem
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Made up of interacting populations in a biological community and community's a biotic factors.
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Habitat
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The place where an organism lives out its life.
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Niche
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All strategies and adaptations a species uses in it's environment--how it meets its specific needs for food and shelter, how and where it survives, and where it reproduces.
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Symbiosis
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The relationship in which there is a close and permanent association between organisms of different species.
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Mutualism
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A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
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Commensalism
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A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither harmed nor benefited.
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Parasitism
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A symbiotic relationship in which a member of one species derives benefit at the expense of another species.
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