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adaptation
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an evolution that enables an organism to respond to his envioroment
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biology
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study of life
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development
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a change that take place during an organisms life
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energy
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ability to cause change
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envioroment
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biotic and abiotic surroundings
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evolution
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gradual change in the species over time
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growth
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increase in the amount of living material
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homeostastis
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an organism's regimen of its internal enviroment to maintain conditions for survival
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organism
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anything that posseses all the characteraristics 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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an organisms reaction to a change in its internal or external enviroment
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species
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group of organisms that an interbreed and produce fertile offspring in nature
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stimulus
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anything in an organism's internal or external eviroment that causes the organism to react
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control
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in an experiment, the standard against which results are comared
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data
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information obtained from experiments, ometimes called experimental results
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dependent variable
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in an experiment, the condition that results from changes in the independent variable
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experiment
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jprocedure that tests a hypothesis by collecting info under controlled conditions
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hypothesis
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explanation for a qestion or a problem that can be formally tested
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independent variable
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in an experiment, the condiiton that is tested because it affects the outcome of the experiment
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safety symbol
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symbol that warns you about a danger
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scientifiic methods
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procedures that bioligists and other scientists use to gather info and answer questions
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theory
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explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by a large body of scientific evidence obtained from many different investigations and observations
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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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