Biology Vocab
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| Stimulus | PIE | Sti- | point,prick,pierce | stick,stiff,stir,still | Something causing or regarded as causing a response.
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| Homeostatsis | Greek/PIE | Homeo/stasis | same;like,similar,of the same kind/to stand still;placed;cause to stand | Homeopathic,homeopathy,catastasis,cholestasis | the tendency of a system, esp. the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus tending to disturb its normal condition or function.
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| Adaptation | Latin | Ad/Aptare/Aptus/tion | to/join/fitted/forms noun from verbs | adapt,creation,detention,purification,dramatization | any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment.
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| Environment | Latin/Old French | En/Viron/ment | in,into;cause to be | ornament,alignment,abandonment,accomplishment | the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time.
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| Response | Latin | Re/Spondere | back/pledge | rewrite,remote,retake,remake | any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
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| Data | Latin | Data | (thing)given;plural of "datum" | Database,Databank,Datamation,Databus | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
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| Hypothesis | Greek | Hypo/thesis | under/a placing; a proposition | hypothermia,hypothyroid,hypochondriac, | A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation.
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| Theory | Greek | Thea/Horan | a view/to see | theorum | a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena.
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| Control | Latin | Contra/Rotulus | against/wheel | contain/contaminate,container,contribute | the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another.
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| Ethics | Greek | Ethos | moral character;custom | metaethics,bioethics | the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture.
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| Experiment | Latin | Ex/Peritus | out of/experienced, tested | exponential,alignment,abandonment,accomplishment | a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition.
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| Independent Variable | Latin | In/De/Pendere/Variare/Able | not/from,down/to hang;be suspended/change,alter,make different/expressing ability,capacity or fitness | independent,variable,dependent,cariable | A manipulated variable in an experiment or study whose presence or degree determines the change in the dependent variable.
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| Dependent Vaiable | Latin | De/Pendere/Variare/Able | from,down/to hang;be suspended/change,alter,make different/expressing ability,capacity or fitness | independent,variable,dependent,cariable | The observed variable in an experiment or study whose changes are determined by the presence or degree of one or more independent variables.
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| Scientific Method | Greek/Latin | Scrie/Methodus | pursuit, following after/to know, to seperate one from another, to distinguish; related to scindere "to cut, divide" | scientist,science,method,scientific | The principles and empirical processes of discovery and demonstration considered characteristic of or necessary for scientific investigation, generally involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, exper
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| Biology | Greek | Bio/ology | life,course or way of living/study of | biosphere,zoology,optomology,technology | The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology and all their subdivisions.
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