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Chapter 1
All of chapeter 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biology | The study of life |
| Ethics | Moral principles and values |
| Characteristics of life (8) | Cells, organization, response to stimuli, homeostasis, metabolism, growth and development, reproduction, evolution |
| Observation | Part of an experiment that collects information |
| Expirement | A series of tests |
| Control group | The group that is being compared to in an experiment |
| Control | It stays the same |
| Variable | What is tested in an experiment |
| Cyto/cyte | Cell |
| Zoology | Study of animals |
| Botany | Study of plants |
| Microbiology | Study of living microorganisms |
| Anatomy | Study of the human body |
| Ecology | Study of relationships between organisms and their surroundings |
| Genetics | Study of heredity |
| Ethology | Study of animals behavior |
| Entamology | Study of insects |
| Domain | 3 Major subdivisions of all organisms |
| Kingdom | Divides all of life into 6 main catagories |
| Ecosystems | Communities of living species and their physical environments |
| Evloution | Decent with modification |
| Natural selection | Organisms with favorable traits are more likely to survive |
| Adaptions | Traits that improve an individual's ability to survive |
| Scientific method | An organized approach to learn how the natural world works |
| Observation | Perceiving a natural occurance |
| Hypothesis | Proposed explanation for the way a particular aspect of the world functions |
| Prediction | A statement that for arts what would happen in a test situation |
| Experimental group | Identical to the control group except for one factor |
| Independent variable | The changed variable in the experimental group |
| Dependent variable | What is being measured in a test |
| Theory | A confirmed hypothesis backed by lots of data |