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adaptation
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evolution of structure, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to repsond to environmental factors to produce offspring
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biology
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study of life
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development
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all of the changes that take place during the 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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biotic and abiotic surroundings to which an organism must constantly adjust
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evolution
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gradual change in an species
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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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any inherited structure,behavior, or internal process that enables and organisms...
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organism
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a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes
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organization
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the act or process of organizing.
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reproduction
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the act or process of reproducing.
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response
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an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
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species
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a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
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stimulus
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something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus
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control
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to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command.
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data
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( used with a plural verb ) individual facts, statistics, or items of information: These data represent the results of our analyses. Data are entered by terminal for immediate processing by the computer
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dependent variable
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Statistics . (in an experiment) the event studied and expected to change when the independent variable is changed.
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experiment
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a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.: a chemical experiment; a teaching experiment; an experiment in living.
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hypothesis
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a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts
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independent variable
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Statistics . (in an experiment) a variable that is intentionally changed to observe its effect on the dependent variable.
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safety symbol
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symbol that warns you about a danger that may exist from chemicals, electricity, heat, or experimental procedures
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scientific methods
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a method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested.
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theory
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a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
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ethics
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a system of moral principles
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technology
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the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science
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