Term | Definition |
biosphere | all living things and all the places they are found Earth make up |
biodiversity | variety of life within an area |
species | a group of organism that are so similar to one anther they all breed and produce fertile offspring's |
biology | scientific study of all forms of life |
science | the knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested |
organism | any individual living thing |
cell | basic unit of life |
metabolism | all chemical processes that synthesize or break down materials within an organism |
DNA | the genetic material that contains information that determines inherited characteristics is a molecule |
system | changing, organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole |
ecosystem | collection of organism s and nonliving things, such as climate, soil, water, and rocks, in an area |
homeostasis | regulation and maintenance of consist internal conditions |
evolution | changes in a species over time |
adaption | inherited trait that are selected for over time |
observation | using the senses to study the world |
data | observations and measurements recorded during an experiment |
hypothesis | proposed explanations or answers to a scientific question |
experiment | process that tests |
independent variable | conditions or factors that is manipulated by a scientist during an experiment |
dependent variable | experiential data collected through observation and measurement |
constant | the variable that is always the same |
theory | proposed explanation for a wide variety of observations |
measurement | the determination of dimensions of something using standard units |
accuracy | how close a measurement is to the true value |
precision | the exactness of a measurement |
microscope | provides an enlarge image of an object |
gene | segment of DNA that stores genetic information |
molecular genetics | study and manipulation of DNA on molecular level |
genomics | study and comparison of genomes both within and across species |
biotechnology | the use and application of living things and biological processes |
transgenic | organisms that have genes from one than one species or have altered copies of their own genes |