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Bryant Bio Ch1 Vocab
Chapter 1 Vocabulary Sections 1, 2, & 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biology | The study of life and living organisms. |
| organism | Anything that has or did have the 8 characteristics of life. |
| organization | Living things are arranged in an orderly way. |
| growth | The addition of mass to an organism and, in many organisms, the formation of new cells and new structures. |
| development | the process of natural changes that take place during the life of an organism. |
| reproduction | The production of offspring. |
| species | A group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring. |
| stimulus | Anything that is part of either environment and causes some sort of reaction by the organism. |
| response | The reaction to a stimulus. |
| homeostasis | Regulation of an organism’s internal conditions to maintain life |
| adaptation | Any inherited characteristic that results from changes to a species over time. |
| science | A body of knowledge based on the study of nature. |
| theory | An explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by many observations and experiments over time. |
| peer review | A process by which the procedures and results of an experiment are evaluated by other scientists who are in the same field or who are conducting similar research. |
| metric system | Uses units with divisions that are powers of ten. |
| SI | International System of Units. In biology, the SI units you will use most often are meter (to measure length), gram (to measure mass), liter (to measure volume), and second (to measure time). |
| forensics | An applied science in matters of legal interest. A field dealing the the medicolegal aspects of a crime scene. |
| ethics | A set of moral principles or values. |
| observation | A direct method of gathering information in an orderly way. Many times it involves recording information. |
| inference | The process of combining what you know with what you have learned to draw logical conclusion. |
| scientific method | A method used to gather information and to answer questions using fact-based evidence. |
| hypothesis | A testable explanation of a situation. |
| serendipity | The occurrence of accidental or unexpected but fortunate results. |
| experiment | An investigation of phenomenon in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis. |
| control group | A group used for comparison. |
| experimental group | The group exposed to the factor being tested. |
| independent variable | It is the tested factor and it might affect the out come of the experiment. |
| dependent variable | It results from or depends on changes to the independent variable. |
| constant | A factor that remains fixed during an experiment while the independent and dependent variables change. |
| data | Information gained from observations. |
| safety symbol | A logo designed to alert you about a specific danger. |
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