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Bio 10
Bio10 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | Inherited characteristic of a species that develops over time in response to an environmental factor which allows the species to survive |
| Biology | Science of life |
| Development | Changes that a being goes through before reaching adulthood |
| Growth | Process that results in mass being added to an organism |
| Homeostasis | Regulations of an organisms internal environments to maintain conditions needed for life |
| Organism | Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life |
| Organization | Orderly structure shown by living things |
| Reproduction | Production of offspring |
| Response | Organism's reaction to stimulus |
| Species | Group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring |
| Stimulus | Any chance in an organism's internal or external environment that causes the organism to react |
| Theroy | Explanation of a natural phenomenon base don many observations and investigations over time |
| Metric System | A measurement system whose divisions are powers of ten |
| Peer Review | A process in which the procedures used during an experiment may be repeated and the results are evaluated by scientists who are in the same field or are conducting similar research |
| Science | A body of knowledge based on the study of nature |