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| Drawing a conclusion based on an observation |
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| Analogous system used for testing a hypothesis |
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| Second part of a species name |
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| Hypothesis that has not been disproven after many years of rigorouis testing |
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| Deoxyribonucleic Acid that carries hereditary information that guides development and other activities |
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| An increase in the number, size, and volume of cells |
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| Process in which an organism keeps its internal conditions within tolerable ranges by sensing and respdoning to change. |
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| Transmission of DNA to offspring |
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| Group of individuals identical to an experimental group except for the independent variable under investigation |
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| All populations of all species in a given area. |
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| A community interacting with it's environment |
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| Specialized cells organized in a pattern that allows them to perform a collective function |
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| Organism that gets energy and nutrients by feeding on tissues, wastes, or remains of other organisms |
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| A test designed to support or falsify a prediction |
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| A group of individuals who have a certain characteristic or receive a certain treatment |
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| Testable explanation of a natural phenomenon |
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| A multi-celled typically photosynthetic producer |
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| Controlled by an experimenter in order to explore its relationship to a dependent variable |
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| Group of single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus but are more closely related to eukaryotes that to bacteria |
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| The most diverse and well-known group of single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus |
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| Scope of variation among living organisms |
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| Evaluating information before accepting it |
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| Using a general idea to make a conclusion about a specific case |
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| A variable that is presumably effected by an independent variable being tested |
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| Organism that makes its own food using energy and non-biological raw materials from the environment. |
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| Process by which parents produce offspring |
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| Multi-celled consumer that develops through a sense of stages and moves about during all parts of life |
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| A characteristic of a system that does not appear in any of the systems component parts |
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| Fundamental Building block of all matter |
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| A grouping of tissues engaged in a collective task |
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| Individual that consists of one or more cells |
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| Set of organs engaged in a collective task that keeps the body functioning properly |
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| Member of a diverse group of simply eukaryotes |
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| A group of species that share a unique set of traits; also that first part of a species name |
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| All regions of earth where organisms live. |
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| Multistep process by which the first cell of a new multi-celled organism give rise to an adult. |
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| The scientific study of life |
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| Two or more atoms bonded together |
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| Difference between results derived from testing on an entire group of events or individuals, and results derived from testing a subset of the group |
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| Statistically Significant |
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| Refers to a result that is statistically unlikely to have occurred by chance alone |
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| Generalization that describes a consistent natural phenomenon for which there is incomplete scientific explanation |
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| Single or multi-celled eukaryotic consumer that breaks down material outside itself, then absorbs nutrients released from the breakdown |
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| Substance that an organism needs for growth and survival but cannot make for itself |
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| Process by which producers use light energy to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water |
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| Group of interbreeding individuals of the same species that live in a given area. |
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| Organisms whose cells characteristically have a nucleus |
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| A characteristic or event that differs among individuals or over time |
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| The chance that a particular outcome of an event will occur; depends on the total number of outcomes possible |
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| Single-celled organism without a nucleus |
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| A rank of organism that share a unique set of traits |
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| The science of naming and classifying species |
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| An inherited characteristic of an organism or species |
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| A statement based on a hypothesis about a condition that should exist if the hypothesis is correct |
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| Systematic study of the observable world |
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| Making, testing, and evaluating hypotheses |
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