Chapter 1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| science | organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world: also the body of knowledge that scientist have built up after years of using this process
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| data | evidence, information gathered from observations
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| observation | use of one or more of the senses- sight, hearing, touch, smell and sometimes taste- to gather information
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| inference | logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
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| hypothesis |
possible explanation to a scientific question
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| spontaneous generation | hypothesis (disproven) stating that life could rise from nonliving matter
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| controlled experiment | factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely keeps the same
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| manipulated variable (aka. independent variable) | factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely changes
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| responding variable (aka. dependent variable) | factor in an experiment that a scientist wants to observe, which may change in response to the manipulated variable
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| theory | well tested experiment that unifies a broad range of explanations
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| biology | science that seeks to understand the living world
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| cell | collection of living matter enclosed by a barrier that separated the cell from its surroundings: basic unit of all forms of life
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| sexual reproduction | process by which two cells from two different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism
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| asexual reproduction | process by which a single parent reproduces itself
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| metabolism | set of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life process
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| stimulus | a signal to which a organism responds: any kind of detectable signal that carries information
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| homeostasis | process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment
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| metric- system | decimal system of measurement based on a certain physical standards and scaled multiples of 10
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| microscope | device that produces magnified images of structures that are too small to see with the unaided eye
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
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