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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biology | The science of life |
| Organism | Anything that has or once had the characteristics of life |
| Organization | Arranged in an orderly way |
| Growth | The addition of mass in an organism |
| Development | The process of natural changes that take place during the life of an organism |
| Reproduction | The production of offspring |
| Species | A group of organism that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring |
| Stimulus | Anything that is part of either environment and causes some sort of reaction by the organism |
| Response | The reaction to the stimulus |
| Homeostasis | Regulation of an organisms internal conditions to maintain life |
| Adaptation | An inherited characteristic that results from changes to a species over time |
| Science | A body of knowledge based on the study of nature |
| Theory | An explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by many observations and experiments over time |
| Peer Review | The procedures used during an experiment and the results are evaluated by other scientists who are in the same field or who are conducting similar research |
| Metric System | Units with divisions that are in powers of ten |
| SI | International system of units |
| Forensics | The field of study that applies science to matter of legal interest |
| Ethics | A set of moral principles or values |