Biology Vocab
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| Organisms | all living things
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| Cells | smallest units of life
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| homeostasis | stability/balance
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| organelles | the compounds that make up life
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| inhertiance of traits | DNA
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| evolution | change in populations over time
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| interdependency | all life depends on other living things
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| gene | the basic unitiy of heredity
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| heredity | passing of traits from parent to offspring
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| mutation | change in the DNA of a gene
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| evolution | change in the inherited characteristics of species over generations
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| species | group of genetically similar organisms that can produce fertile offspring
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| natural selection | process of which organisms with favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce
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| ecology | branch of biology;that studies the interactions of organisms with one another and with the nonliving part of their enviroment
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| genome | complete genetic material contained in an individual
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| HIV | a virus that attacks and destroys the human immune system
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| Cancer | a growth defect in cells, a breakdown of the mechanism that controls cell division
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| cystic fibrosis | fatal disorder in which a thick, sticky mucus clogs passages in many of the body's organs
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| gene therapy | replacement of a defective gene with a normal version
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| observation | noting or perceiving objects or events using the species
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| hypothesis | explanation that might be true
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| prediction | expected outcome of a test
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| PH | measure of the hydrogen ion concentration within a solution
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| experiment | procedure to test a hypothesis
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| control group | group in an experiment that recieves no experimental treatment
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| independent variable | factor that is changed in an experiment
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| dependent variable | variable that is measured in an experiment
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| theory | set of related hypotheses that have been tested and confirmed many times
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