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ELL Biology Ch 1
The Science of Living Things
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biology | the study of living things |
| experiment | a special kind of test to get information |
| theory | an idea that explains something based on repeated scientific observations and experiments |
| law | a theory that has passed many tests |
| scientific method | a set of steps used to find answers to questions |
| hypothesis | a possible answer to a scientific question |
| control | the part of an experiment in which conditions are kept constant; something used to make comparisons to |
| botany | the study of plants |
| zoology | the study of animals |
| genetics | the study of how the characteristics of a living thing are passed along from generation to generation |
| microbiology | the study of living things too small to be seen with the naked eye |
| ecology | the study of how all living things relate to one another and their world |