Biology essentials
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| Inference | An assumption based on prior experience and evidence
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| Observation | A statement about something based on direct information gathered from your senses.
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| Hypothesis | A tentative, testable explanation to a scientific question
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| Null hypothesis | A hypothesis of no difference or no effect.
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| Independent variable | A variable that stands alone in a controlled experiment and is usually set by the experimenter.
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| Dependent variable | A variable that responds to the independent variable. It is measured during the investigation.
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| Controlled variable (constant) | Factors that are kept the same or controlled during an experiment
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| Experimental group | In a controlled experiment, the group(s) exposed to the independent variable being tested and results are recorded.
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| Control group | In a controlled experiment, the group that does not receive the treatment and is used as a benchmark for comparison.
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| Homeostasis | The ability of an organism or cell to maintain stability or balance even when dealing with external changes.
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| Metabolism | The sum of all chemical reactions that occur within the body of living organisms or cells
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| Quantitative data | Information that can be measured and written down with numbers
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| Qualitative data | Information that is not in numerical form and is often descriptive
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| Assumption | Feature about your investigation that is accepted as true without proof.
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| Prediction | A statement of what might happen. Hypotheses can lead to predictions
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| Organism | Anything that has or had all of the characteristics of life
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