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Term | Definition |
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Science | An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world |
Observation | process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way |
Inference | a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience |
Hypothesis | possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question |
Controlled Experiment | experiment in which only one variable is changed |
Independent Variable | factor in a controlled experiment that is held constant |
Dependent variable | variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable |
Control group | group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group expected for one independent variable |
Data | evidence, information gathered from observations |
Adaptation | characteristics that increase organism’s ability to survive in the environment |
Organism | A life form |
Development | To advance to the next stage/grow |
Energy | Fuel that helps organisms function and grow |
Evolution | The process in which organisms have come from ancestors |
Response | A reaction to the stimulus |
Growth | The process of increasing in physical size |
Stimulus | A signal which an organism responds to |
Species | a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring |
Nutrition | chemical substance that an organism needs to sustain life. |
Regulation: cellular respiration | (A process that gives energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules) |
Transport | To transfer from one place to another |
Synthesis | to combine an idea to form a theory or system |
Excretion | Metabolic waste is removed from body |
Biology | the study of life |
Biosphere | part of Earth where life exists |
Metabolism | a chemical reaction in organisms that build up or break down materials |
Asexual reproduction | a single organism producing an offspring identical to itself |
Sexual reproduction | cells from two parents to create the first cell of a new organism |
Homeostasis | The condition of a constant internal environment |