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Biology
semester 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Characteristics of living things | cells, requires energy, grows, develops, adapts, reproduces, maintains homeostasis |
| process of sciene | ask a question, form a hypothesis, data, conclusions, peer review |
| what is science | gathering and analyzing the natural world |
| science | study of nature |
| controlled experiment | the variable never changes |
| chemical Reaction | atoms are changed into something different |
| buffer | mixture to put into an acid or base to make it nutural. |
| species | organisms that can produce offspring |
| population | group of organisms of the same species in the same area |
| niche | the job of something |
| invasive species | non native in its environment |
| ecology | study of all nature |
| peer review | someone else looks over the experiment |
| pH scale | measures acids and bases |
| catalyst | speeds up a chemical reaction |
| hypothesis | educated guess |
| theory | something that is the true response |
| observation | information gathered |
| inference | something you logically think will happen |
| independent variable | changed factor |
| idependent | factor that changes as a result of the independent variable |
| control | factor that is not changed, or stays the same |
| reactant | first part of a chemical reaction |
| product | the result of a chemical reaction |
| solute | substance being dissolved in a solution |
| soluvant | dissolving substance |
| lipids | oils and fats |
| proteins | amino acids |
| carboyrates | major source of energy |
| nucleic acids | genetic information |
| consumer | heterotroph |
| producer | autograph |