Bio Chapter 1
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| Biosphere | Where all living things and places they are found on Earth
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| Biodiversity | The variety of organisms in a given area
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| Species | A group of organisms that are closely related and can produce fertile offspring
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| Biology | The study of science, the scientific study of living things and their interactions with the environment
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| 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.
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| Organism | Any individual living thing
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| Cell | The basic unit of life
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| Metabolism | The chemical process that builds up and breaks down materials
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| DNA | The genetic information that determines inherited characteristics is a molecule called deoxyribonucleic acid
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| System | Is an organized group of related parts that interact to form a hole
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| Ecosystem | A community of organisms and their physical environment
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| Homeostasis | The maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism
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| Evolution | Is the change in living things over time
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| Adaptation | An inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and it passed on to future generations
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| Observation | The use of our senses to study the world
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| Data | Recorded observations
Two types of data are: qualitative data and quantitative data
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| Hypothesis | A proposed answer for a scientific question
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| Experiment | Allows scientists to test hypotheses and find out how something happens
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| Individual Variable | The condition that is manipulated, or changed, by a scientist
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| Dependent Variable | The observations and measurements in an experiment
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| Constant | The conditions that do not change during an experiment
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| Theory | A proposed explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results that is supported by a wide range of evidence
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| Measurement | The determination of the dimensions of something using a standard unit
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| Accuracy | The description of how close a measurement is the true value of the quantity measured
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| Precision | The exactness of a measurement
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| Microscope | Provides an enlarged image of an object
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| Gene | A segment of DNA that stores genetic information
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| Molecular Genetics | The study and manipulation of DNA
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| Genomics | The study and comparison of genomes
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| Biotechnology | The use and application of living things and biological processes
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| Transgenic | Organisms that have information from more than one species, or have altered copies of their own genes
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