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31 Cards in this Set
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Biology
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Science of life.
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Organism
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Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life.
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Organization
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Living things that are arranged in an orderly way.
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Growth
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results in the addition of mass to an organism.
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Development
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Process that takes place during the life of an organism.
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Reproduction
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production of offspring.
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Species
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group of organisms that can breed together and produce fertile offspring.
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Stimulus
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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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regulation of an organism's internal conditions to maintain life.
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adaptation
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any inherited characteristic that results from changes to a species over time.
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Science
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body of knowledge based on the study of nature.
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Theory
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explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by many observations and experiments over time.
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Peer Review
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process by which, in science, the procedures used during an experiment and the results are evaluated by other scientists in the same field.
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Metric System
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Uses units with divisions that are powers of 10.
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SI
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International system of unites. MOst likely are meter, gram, liter, and second.
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Forensics
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field of study that applies science to matters of legal interest.
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Ethics
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Set of moral principles or values.
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Observation
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A direct method of gathering information in an orderly way.
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Inference
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process of making a logical conclusion.
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Scientific Method
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systematic method of making inferences based on observations.
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Hypothesis
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testable explanation of a situation.
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Serendipity
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occurrence of accidental or unexpected but fortunate results.
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Experiment
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investigating a phenomenon in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis.
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Control Group
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group used for comparison.
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Experimental Group
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exposed to the factor being tested.
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Independent Variable
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tested factor that might affect the outcome of the experiment.
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Dependent Variable
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second factor that is measured and is dependent upon the independent variable.
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Consonant
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factor that remained fixed during the experiment.
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Data
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information gathered during observations.
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