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Cell Biology

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Biology The scientific study of life.
Order highly ordered structure that typifies life. Living cells are the basis.
Reproduction Organisms reproduce their own kind.
Growth and development Inherited information in the form of DNA.
Response to the environment All organisms respond to environmental stimuli.
Regulation The types of mechanisms that regulate an organism's internal environment.
Evolutionary adaptation adaptations evolve over many generations, depending on environment, traits best suited to their environments succeed while traits not best suited die off.
Hypothesis A tentative explanation for some observation.
Scientific theory An explanation for a generalized concept that is broad in scope and is supported by a vast body of evidence.
Natural selection Gets rid of things that don't work, they die off or don't reproduce.
Scientific method Process by which science is conducted, i.e. make observation, formulate hypothesis, make predictions, experimentation, draw conclusions.
Scientific law Describes some well observed phenomenon, but doesn't explain why.
Making observations From direct observations in nature, reading scientific papers.
Hypothesis Must be testable and falsifiable, can be disproved, not proved.
Cell The smallest unit of life.
Independent variable Factor in an experiment that is altered, factor that will affect subjects, scientist can manipulate.
Dependent variable Factor that is measured, scientist doesn't manipulate but measures.
Experimental group Group that is being tested, experiences that altered independent variable.
Control group Group that is used to see if an effect occurred in experimental group; all variables the same except independent variable.
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