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TO INVESTIGATE AND UNDERSTAND NATURE, TO EXPLAIN EVENTS IN NATURE, AND TO USE THOSE EXPLANATIONS TO MAKE USEFULE PREDICTIONS |
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| EXAMPLE OF QUANTITATIVE DATE |
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THERE ARE SEVEN BIRDS AT THE FEEDER |
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| EXAMPLE OF QUALITATIVE DATA |
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ONE OF THE BIRDS HAS A RED HEAD |
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WELL-TESTED EXPLANATION THAT UNIFIES A BROAD RANGE OF OBSERVATIONS |
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CELL CULTURES
CELL FRACTIONATION |
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| SEXUAL REPRODUCTION EXAMPLE |
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WOMEN HAVING BABY MADE WITH MAN |
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| ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION EXAMPLE |
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PROCESS BY WHICH ORGANISMS MAINTAIN A RELATIVELY STABLE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT |
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| WHY MUST EXPERIMENTS HAVE A CONTROL? |
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IF YOU CHANGE ALL VARIABLES AT ONCE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL WHICH VARIABLE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OBSERVED RESULTS. CHANGE ONLY ONE VARIABLE AT A TIME |
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FACTOR IN AN EXPERIMENT THAT A SCIENTIST PURPOSELY CHANGES |
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FACTOR IN AN EXPERIMENT THAT A SCIENTIST WANTS TO OBSERVE, WHICH MAY CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE MANIPULATED VARIABLE |
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WHAT IS A MICROSCOPE USED FOR? |
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PRODUCE MAGNIFIED IMAGES BY FOCUSING VISIBLE LIGHT RAYS. LOOK AT SMALL THINGS. |
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| WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS? |
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CELL
REPRODUCTION
GENETIC CODE
GROWTH
METABOLISM
RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENT
INTERNAL BALANCE
EVOLUTION |
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| STATE AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE BIOLOGICAL LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION |
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BIOSPHERE - WORLD
ECOSYSTEM - COMMUNITY AND ITS NONLIVING SURROUNDINGS
COMMUNITY - POPULATIONS THAT LIVE TOGETHER IN A DEFINED AREA
POPULATION - GROUP OF ORGANISMS OF ONE TYPE THAT LIVE IN THE SAME AREA
ORGANISM - INDIVIDUAL LIVING THING
GROUPS OF CELLS - TISSUES, ORGANS, AND ORGAN SYSTEMS
CELLS - SMALLEST FUNCTIONL UNIT OF LIFE
MOLECULES - GROUPS OF ATOMS |
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