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25 Cards in this Set
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Adaptation
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Enables an organism to respond to environmental factors and live to produce offspring
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Biology
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The study of life that seeks to provide an understanding of the natural world
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Development
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All of the changes that take place during the life of an organism; a characteristice of all living things
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Energy
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The ability to cause change; organisms use energy to perform biological functions
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Environment
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Surroundings to which an organism must constantly adjust; includes air, water, weather, temperature, other organisms, etc
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Evolution
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Gradual change in a species through adaptations over time
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Growth
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Increase in the amount of living material and formation of new structures in an organism
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Homeostasis
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Organism's regulation of its internal environment to maintain conditions suitable for survival
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Organism
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Anything that possess all the characteristics of life
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Organization
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Orderly structure of cells in an organism
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Reproduction
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Production of offspring by an organism
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Response
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Organism's reaction to change in its environment
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Species
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Group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring in nature
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Stimulus
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Anything in an organism's internal or external environment that causes them to react
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Control
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The standard of which results are compared (in an experiment)
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Data
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Information from experiments
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Dependent Variable
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In an experiment, the conditions that results from the changes in the independent variable
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Experiment
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Procedure that tests a hypothesis
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Hypothesis
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Explanation for a question or problem that can be tested
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Independent Variable
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The condition that is tested because it affects the outcome in the experiment
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Safety Symbol
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Symbols that warn you about danger in an experiment
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Scientific Methods
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Procedures that scientists use to gather info in an experiment
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Theory
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Explanation of natural phenomenon supported by a large body of evidence
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Ethics
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The moral principles and values held by humans
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Technology
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Application of scientific research to society's needs and problems
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