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Body System Unit
Unit Vocabulary Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are controls? | Factors not allowed to change during an experiment |
| What is independent variable? | The variable changed by the experimenter on purpose |
| What is dependent variable? | Variable that is being measured; what responds to changes made by the experimenter |
| What is stimulus? | Something that triggers or causes a response |
| What is a response? | A reaction to a specific stimulus |
| What is homeostasis? | The process of keeping things balanced or normal |
| What is respiration? | To breathe |
| What does interact mean? | To work together |
| What does excrete mean? | To push or send out |
| What does contract or contraction mean? | To squeeze or tighten up |
| What does secrete mean? | To release |
| What does exert or exerted mean? | To apply pressure |
| What is a function? | What the organ or system does (its activity) |
| What is a structure? | How something is made or put together |