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Organism
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Living thing
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Homeostasis
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the process of maintaining a relatively constant internal environment
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metabolism
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the sum total of all the chemical reactions neede to sustain an organism's life
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evolve
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change form over time
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3 domains
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bacteria, archaea, eukarya
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3 kingdoms of eukarya
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fungi, plantae, animalia, and also single celled protists
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prokaryotic
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lacks the DNA containing organelle called nucleus (bacteria, archaea)
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Eukaryotic
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has a nucleus
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5 steps of the scientific meathod?
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Observation
Question Hypothesis Experiment Conclusion |
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control group
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the portion of an experiment in which all possible variables remain constant; used to ensure that the experiment was run properly so that the results are reliable
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Experimental group
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the portion of an experiment to which different variables are applied in order to study their effects
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variables
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factors that can be changed
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independent variables
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factors that are changed in order to measure their effect on the dependent variable
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dependent variables
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factors that are being measured for how they change in response to the independent variable applied to them
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inductive reasoning
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process of making a generalization from many supportive observations specific->general
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deductive reasoning
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process of using a scientific theory to generate a hypothesis about how an experiment will turn out
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