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Biosphere | All organisms and the part of Earth where they exist
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Biodiversity | Variety of life within an area
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Species | Group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring
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Biology | Scientific study of all forms of life
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Organism | Any individual living thing
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Cell | Basic unit of life
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Metabolism | All chemical processes that synthesize or break down materials within an organism
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DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid; molecule that stores genetic information in all organisms
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System | Changing, organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole
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Ecosystem | Collection of organisms and nonliving things, such as climate, soil, water, and rocks, in an area
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Science | 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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Homeostasis | Maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism
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Evolution | change in living things over time
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Adaptation | Inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed on to future generations
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Observation | Using out senses to study world, using tools to collect measurements: examining pervious research results
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Data | Observations and measurements recorded during an experiment
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Hypothesis | Proposed explanation or answer to a scientific question
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Experiments | Process that tests a hypothesis by collecting information under controlled conditions
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Independent variable | Condition or factor that is manipulated by a scientist during an experiment
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Dependent variable | Experimental data collected through observation and measurement
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Constant | Condition that is controlled so that it does not change during an experiment
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Theory | Proposed explanation for a wide variety of observations and experimental results
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Measurements | A determination of the dimensions of something using a standard unit
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Accuracy | A description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured
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Precision | The exactness of a measurement
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Microscope | Tool that provides an enlarged image on an object
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Gene | Region of DNA that codes for a particular protein
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Molecular genetics | Study of DNA structure and function on the molecular level
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Genomics | Study and comparison of genomes within a single or among different species
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Biotechnology | Use an application of living things and biological processes
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Transgenic | Organisms whose genome has been altered to contain one or more genes from another organism or species
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