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All living things and all the places they are found on Earth.

biosphere

Variety of life on Earth.

biodiversity

Living things that can reproduce by interbreeding among themselves.

species

Study of life.

biology

Any individual living thing.

organism

Basic unit of life.

cell

All the chemical processes that build up or break down materials.

metabolism

Organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole.

system

The maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism.

homeostasis

Change in living things over time.

evolution

An inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed on to future generations.

adaptation

Using your senses, or other tools, to study the world.

observation

Proposed answer for a scientific question.

hypothesis

Observations that can be recorded and analyzed.

data

The use of independent and dependent variables to find cause and effect relationships to test hypotheses.

experiments

Condition that is manipulated, or changed by the scientist, during an experiment.

independent variable

Experimental data that is observed and measured during an experiment.

dependent variable

Conditions that do not change during an experiment.

contstants

Proposed explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results that is supported by a wide range of evidence.

theory

The use and application of living things and biological processes.

biotechnology