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Bio vocab Ch.1

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Biology study of living things
Study of diversity of life Jane Goodall-study chimpanzes by living among them
Research Diseases Mary-Clarie King-study chimpanzes genetics
Develop Technologies Charles Drew-pioneered methods to separate blood plasma from blood cells
Improve Agriculture Joanne Chory-study mustard plants sensitivity to light
Preserve the Enviorment Lee Anne Martinez-composts toilets that don't use water
organism anything that has or once had all the characteristics
organization arranged in an orderly way
growth resulting in mass to an organism
development process of natural changes that take place during the life of an organism
reproduction the productin of offspring
species a group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring
stimulus part of either envirorment and causes some sort of reaction by the organism
response the reaction to the stimulus
homeostasis organism's internal conditions to maintain life
adaptation any inherited characteristic that results from changes of a species over time
science body of knowledge based on the study of nature
therory an explanation of a natural phenomenon suppored by many observations and expiriments over time
peer review a process by which the procedures used during an expiriment and the results are evaluated by other scientists who are in the same field or who are conductimg similar research
metric system uses units with divistions that are powers of ten
SI International System of Units
forensics feild of study that applies science to matters of legal interest
ethics set of moral principles or vaulues
observation direct method of gathering information in an orderly way
inferences a
hypothosis testable explaination of a situation
serendipity the occurence of accidental or unexpected but fortunate results
experiment investigates phenomenon in a controlled setting to test the hypothosis
control group expiriment in a group used for comparison
experimental group group exposed to a factor being tested
independent variable tested factor and it might affect the outcome of the experiment
dependent varible results from or depends on changes to the independent varable
constant factor that remains fixed during the experiment while the independent and dependent variables change
data information gained through observations
safty symbol a logo designed to alert about a specific danger
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