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25 Cards in this Set
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Adaptation
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Any internal, behavoir, or inheirted process that responds to the environment & live to produce offspring.
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Biology
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The study of life.
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Development
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All the changes that take place during life of an organism.
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Energy
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Ability to cause change.
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Environment
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Living in constant interface with their surroundings.
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Evolution
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Gradual change in species through adaptions over time.
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Growth
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Increases in the amount of living material and the formation of new structures.
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Homeostasis
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ability to control internal environment to maintain suitable conditions.
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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 an orderly structure.
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Reproduction
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Production of offspring.
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Response
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Reaction to the stimulus.
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Species
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Group of organisms that can interbreed and produce.
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Stimulus
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Any environment that causes the organism to react.
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Control
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Part of the experiment that is the standard against which results are compared.
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Data
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Information obtained from the investigation.
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Dependent Variable
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Any changes in indpendent on changes made to the independent variable.
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Experiment
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An investigation that test the hypothesis.
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Hypothesis
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Explantion for a quesion or a problem that can be tested.
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Independent Variable
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The only factor that affects the outcome of the experiment.
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Safety Smybol
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Symbol that warns you about danger that may exists from chemicals, electricity, heat, or procedures you will use.
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Scientic Methods
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Gathering information and answering questions from other scientist.
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Theory
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Explanation of natural phenomenon supported by evidence.
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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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Is the application of scientific research to socirty's needs and problems.
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