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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Experimental group | group of subjects who are exposed to the variable under study |
| data | individual facts, statistics, or items of information |
| enzyme | any of various proteins, as pepsin, originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes in organic substances by catalytic action, as in digestion. |
| experiment | a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc |
| adaptation | any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment. |
| asexual | independent of sexual processes, especially not involving the union of male and female germ cells. |
| biology | the study of life |
| carbohydrate | a sugar or starch that living things use for energy. |
| cell | the basic unit of life |
| constant | not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable |
| control group | (in an experiment or clinical trial) a group of subjects closely resembling the treatment group in many demographic variables |
| autotroph | any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis |
| dependent Variable | the event studied and expected to change when the independent variable is changed. |
| heterotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food |
| homeostasis | the ability of organisms to maintain their internal conditions |
| hypothesis | an |
| Independent Variable | a variable that is intentionally changed to observe its effect on the dependent variable. |
| Lipids | a macromolecule that is not soluble in water |
| protein | a chemical used by cells to grow and work |
| qualitative research | s a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences |
| quantitative research | s a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences |
| response | any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus. |
| scientific method | is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. |
| species | the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus, regarded as the basic category of biological classification, |
| stimulus | omething that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc. |