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Biology
semester 1
Question | Answer |
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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 |