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| The act or process of causing something to happen. |
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| All the organisms that inhabit a particular area; and assemblage of populations of different species living close enough together for potential interaction. |
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| An experiment in which an experimental group is compared to a control group that varies only in the factor being tested. |
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| A statistical comparison of two variables. |
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| All the organisms in a given area as well as the abiotic factors with which they interact; a community and its physical environment. |
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| All the changes that have transformed life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity that it characterizes today. |
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| A piece of information that is known to be true. |
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| A tentative answer to a well-framed question. |
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| A general guideline for experiments. Scientists don’t flow this method exactly, but when looking a experiments it is easy to see the pattern. |
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| The application of scientific knowledge for a specific purpose. |
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| An explanation that is broad in scope, generates new hypotheses, and is supported by a large body of evidence. |
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