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Biology-Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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show all living things and the places they are found on Earth  
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population   show
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community   show
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show a group of organisms that are closely related and can produce fertile offspring  
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ecosystem   show
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show the study of living things and their interactions with each other and the environment  
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show 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   show
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show the basic unit of life  
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show the total of all the chemical processes that occur within an individual organism  
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show genetic material found in living things  
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system   show
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show the maintenance of stable internal conditions in an organism  
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evolution   show
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observation   show
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data   show
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hypothesis   show
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show a controlled study used to test a hypothesis  
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independent variable   show
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show data being measured and collected, goes on the y-axis of a graph  
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show the conditions of an experiment that do not change  
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theory   show
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law   show
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accuracy   show
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show description of how close multiple measurements of the same thing are to each other  
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quantitative data   show
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qualitative data   show
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show data that can be ranked on a scale that represents order such as abundance (abundant, common, rare) or color intensity (pale, medium, dark)  
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assumptions   show
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pie graph   show
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bar graph   show
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show graph used to show how often a set of continuous data occurs such as weight of adults in Ohio  
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show graph used to illustrate the data of an independent variable that is collected continuously such as heart rate over time or rate of ice melting  
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percentages   show
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rates   show
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show calculation used to compare how often something occurs  
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