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20 Cards in this Set
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Adaptation
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Any characteristic of an organism that makes it better able to survive in its environment
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Biogenisis
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The theory that living things come only from other living things.
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Cell
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The smallest unit of an organism that can perform life functions.
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Control
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The standard for comparison in an experiment.
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Development
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All the changes undergone by living things as they grow.
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Homeostasis
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The regulation of steady, life-maintaining conditions inside an organism or cell, despite changes in its environment.
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Hypothesis
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A prediction that can be tested.
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Law
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A rule that describes a pattern in nature and what will happen under specific conditions.
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Life Span
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The legnth of time an organism is expected to live.
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Organism
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A living thing that is made up of one or more cells and is organized to perform life functions.
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Response
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The reaction of an organism to a stimulus.
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Scientific Methods
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Problem-solving procedures used by scientists. Define problem, gather data, draw hypothesis, perform experiment, analyze data, and draw conclusions.
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Spontaneous Generation
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The theory that nonliving things produce living things. This was believed for much of history.
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Stimulus
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Anything an organism responds to, such as sound, light, heat, vibration, movement, etc.
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Technology
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The use of scientific knoledge to improve the quality of human life or to solve problems.
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Theory
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A description of nature based on many observations and subject to change when evidence changes.
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Variable
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The factor tested in an experiment.
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Chemistry
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The study of elements and matter.
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Physics
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The study of how energy and matter are related.
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Earth Science
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The study of the structure of Earth and the forces that affect it.
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