Biology
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| biosphere | all organisms and the part of the 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 life forms
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| organism | an 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 and principles that can be verifies 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 | an inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed on to future generations
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| observation | using our senses to study the world
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| data | observations that can be analyzed
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| hypothesis | proposed answer for a scientific question
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| experiment | process that tests a hypothesis by collecting information under controlled experiments
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| independent variable | a condition that is manipulated or changed by a scientist
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| dependent variable | experimental data collected through observation and measurement
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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 | a description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured
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| precision | exactness of a measurement
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| microscope | enlarges an image of an object
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| gene | a segment of DNA that stores genetic information
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| molecular genetics | study an manipulation of DNA on a molecular level
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| genomics | study and comparison of genomes both within and across species
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| biotechnology | the use of and application of livings things and biological processes
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| transgenic | organisms that have genes for more than one species, or have altered copies of their own genes
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