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16 Cards in this Set
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The study of the natural world, which includes all matter and energy
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Science
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The physical and chemical process is involved in transforming energy in molecules for that life can be maintained
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Metabolism
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The smallest unit that exhibits all the characteristics of life
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cell
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The maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment
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Homeostasis
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The categories of the classification system from largest to smallest
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Domain, kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus, and species
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The kingdom comprised unicellular and relatively simple multicellular eukaryotes such as protozoa, algae, and slime molds
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Protista
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The process in which plants captures the energy of sunlight which they convert for their own use
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Photosynthesis
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The process of science, or the way scientific knowledge is acquired
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The scientific method
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A tentative statement about the natural world, a statement that can lead to testable deductions
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Hypothesis
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A carefully planned and executed manipulation of the natural world to test your prediction
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Experiment
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Factors that might vary during the course of an experiment
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Variables
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False treatment
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Placebo
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A broad hypothesis that has been extensively tested and supported over time and explains a broad range of scientific facts with a high degree of reliability
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theory
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A questionable attitude
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Skepticism
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Numerical information
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Data
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The city of living organisms and likes processes. The study of life
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Biology
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