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Biology

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Biology The study of living things and their interactions with the environment
Chemistry The study of matter and the changes that it undergoes.
Earth Science The study of earth and space.
Consensus A general agreement between a group of people about an answer to a question of an explanation to a phenomenon.
LAW A statement based on overwhelming scientific evidence that describes a phenomenon does not describe why it may happen.
Theory A statement based on overwhelming scientific evidence that describes a phenomenon does not describe why it may happen. Based on scientific evidence that explains a phenomenon and the reason that it is occurring.
Hypothesis A testable statement that explains a possible outcome of an experiment.
Data Information gained from observation.
Quantitative Uses numbers can be charted or graphed.
Qualitative Describes an event or behavior taking place.
Pseudoscience A collection of beliefs and practices that are mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.
Control group The group in an experimental where no conditions have changed.
Experimental Group Exposed to the factor of being tested.
Dependent variable The factor that changes as a fast result of the change you made to the independent variable.
Control variable A variable in the experiment that is internally left constant throughout the experiment to ensure the independent variable is the only factor that can cause a change.
Stimulus Anything that causes a reaction from something.
Response The reaction from the stimulus.
Adaption Any inherited characteristics that result from change to a species overtime.
Species A group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring.
Homeostasis Regulation of an organism's internal conditions to maintain life.
Population Groups of individual of the same species that share the same time
Community a group interacting that occupy the same geographic area at the same time
Ecosystem A biological community and all the abiotic factors included
Biome a large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar of community
Biosphere All the bioms on earth compared
Bio diversity All kinds of life it on area
Organism `A living thing made up of one or more cells and able to carry the actions of life
Ecosystem A biological community and all abiotic factors the affect it
Ecological prymaid representing all the different orgnasams in the prymaid
Symbiosis any relationship or interaction between two dissimilar organisms.
Mutualism Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
Parasitism a nonmutual relationship between two organisms in which one benefits at the expense of the other
Commensalism a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
Pioneer species the species that first colonize new habitats created by disturbance.
Ecological the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them.
Primary succession when a new patch of land is created or exposed for the first time.
Secondary succession happens when a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance.
Climax Community An ecological community in which populations of plants or animals remain stable and exist in balance with each other and their environment.
Limiting Factor anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
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