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29 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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is anything that has or once had all characteristics of life
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Organization
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living things also display organization when means they are arranged in an orderly way
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Growth
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results in the addition of mass to an organism and; in many organisms; the formation of new cells and new structures
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Development
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is the process of natural changes that take place during the life of the organism
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Reproduction
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the production of offspring
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Species
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if a group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring
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Stimulus
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Anything that is part of either environment and causes some sort of reaction by the organism
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Response
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reaction to the stimulus
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Homeostasis
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regulations of an organisms internal conditions to maintain life
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Adaptation
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Is any inherited characteristic that results from changes to species over time
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Science
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Is a body of knowledge based on the study of the natural world
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Theory
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an explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by many observations and experiments over time
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Law
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describes relationships under certain conditions in nature
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Peer Review
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is a process by which the procedures and results of an experiment are evaluated by other scientists who are in the same field or who are conducting similar research
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Ethics
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which is a moral principles of values
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Observation
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a direct method of gathering information of an orderly way
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Inferences
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the process of combining what you know with what you have learned to draw logical conclusions
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Scientific Method
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A method that most scientists follows
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Hypothesis
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is a testable explanation of a situation
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Experiment
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he or she investigates a phenomenon in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis
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Control Group
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in an experiment is used for comparison
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Experimental Group
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is the group exposed to he factor being tested
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Independent Variable
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is the tested factor and it might affect the outcome of the experiment
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Dependent Variable
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results from or de[ends on changes to the independent variable
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Constant
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factor that remains fixed during an experiment while the independent and dependent variable change
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Data
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information gained from observations
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Metric System
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uses units with divisions of ten
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SI
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International System of units
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