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PCS Liv Env
Chapter 1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Conclusion | given after experiment is complete to decide if their hypothesis was correct or not |
| Dependent | data collected in an experiment (Hint: D = data) |
| Excretion | getting rid of an organism's metabolic waste |
| Growth | when an organism adds new cells |
| Hypothesis | statement made before an experiment which predicts the outcome of the experiment |
| Independent | variable that I control (Hint: I = independent) |
| Inference | using prior knowledge to figure something out |
| Nutrition | getting and using materials from the environment |
| Observation | using your senses to gather information |
| Regulation | life function of controlling the cell's activities (Hint: word kind of has "rule" in it - to control) |
| Reproduction | creating new organisms from 1 or 2 parents |
| Respiration | process of releasing energy molecules from food |
| Synthesis | connecting small molecules into large molecules |
| Transport | process by which substances enter and leave a cell |