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| Opening section of a scientific paper that summarizes the research and conclusions |
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| Form of science that aims to solve real-world problems |
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| SMALLEST AND MOST FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF MATTER |
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| SCIENCE THAT SEEKS TO EXPAND KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING REGARDLESS OF THE SHORT TERM APPLICATION OF THAT KNOWLEDGE |
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| STUDY OF THE CHEMISTRY OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS |
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| COLLECTION OF ALL THE ECOSYSTEMS ON EARTH |
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| SMALLEST FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN LIVING THINGS |
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| SET OF POPULATIONS INHABITING A PARTICULAR AREA |
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| SECTION OF A SCIENTIFIC PAPER THAT SUMMARIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS |
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| PART OF AN EXPERIMENT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE DURING THE EXPERIMENT |
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| FORM OF LOGICAL THINKING THAT USES A GENERAL INCLUSIVE STATEMENT TO FORECAST SPECIFIC RESULTS |
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| FORM OF SCIENCE THAT AIMS TO OBSERVE, EXPLORE, AND INVESTIGATE |
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| SECTION OF A SCIENTIFIC PAPER IN WHICH THE AUTHOR INTERPRETS EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS, DESCRIBES HOW VARIABLES MAY BE RELATED, AND ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENON IN QUESTION |
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| ALL THE LIVING THINGS IN A PARTICULAR AREA TOGETHER WITH THE ABIOTIC, NONLIVING PARTS OF THAT ENVIRONMENT |
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| AN ORGANISM WITH CELLS THAT HAVE NUCLEI AND MEMBRANE-BOUND ORGANELLES |
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| THE PROCESS OF GRADUAL CHANGE IN A POPULATION OR SPECIES OVER TIME |
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| ABLE TO BE DISPROVEN BY EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS |
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| THE ABILITY OF AN ORGANISM TO MAINTAIN CONSTANT INTERNAL CONDITIONS |
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| A SUGGESTED EXPLANATION FOR AN OBSERVATION, WHICH ONE CAN TEST |
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| FORM OF SCIENCE THAT BEGINS WITH A SPECIFIC QUESTION, AND POTENTIAL TESTABLE ANSWERS |
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| FORM OF LOGICAL THINKING THAT USES RELATED OBSERVATIONS TO ARRIVE AT A GENERAL CONCLUSION |
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| OPENING SECTION OF A SCIENTIFIC PAPER, WHICH PROVIDES BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS KNOWN IN THE FIELD PRIOR TO THE RESEARCH REPORTED IN THE PAPER |
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| FIELD OF SCIENCE, SUCH AS BIOLOGY, THAT STUDIES LIVING THINGS |
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| LARGE MOLECULE, TYPICALLY FORMED BY THE JOINING OF SMALLER MOLECULES |
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| SECTION OF THE SCIENTIFIC PAPER THAT INCLUDES A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBSTANCES, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES THAT THE RESEARCH IS USED TO GATHER DATA |
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| STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MICROORGANISMS |
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| STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND REGULATION AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL, INCLUDING INTERACTIONS AMONG MOLECULES SUCH AS DNA, RNA AND PROTEINS |
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| CHEMICAL STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF AT LEAST TWO ATOMS HELD TOGETHER BY ONE OR MORE CHEMICAL BONDS |
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| FIELD OF SCIENCE THAT IS RELATED TO THE PHYSICAL WORLD AND ITS PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES |
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| STUDY OF THE BIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| COLLECTION OF RELATED TISSUES GROUPED TOGETHER PERFORMING A COMMON FUNCTION |
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| LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION THAT CONSISTS OF FUNCTIONALLY RELATED INTERACTING ORGANS |
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| SMALL STRUCTURES THAT EXIST WITHIN CELLS AND CARRY OUT CELLULAR FUNCTIONS |
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| STUDY OF LIFE'S HISTORY BY MEANS OF FOSSILS |
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| SCIENTIFIC PAPER THAT A SCIENTIST'S COLLEAGUES REVIEW WHO ARE EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF STUDY |
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| DIAGRAM SHOWING THE EVOLUTION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL SPECIES BASED ON SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN GENETIC OR PHYSICAL TRAITS OR BOTH; IN ESSENCE, OF HYPOTHESIS CONCERNING EVOLUTION OF CONNECTIONS |
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| FIELD OF SCIENCE, SUCH AS GEOLOGY, ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS, AND CHEMISTRY, THAT STUDIES NONLIVING MATTER |
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| USING OTHER PEOPLE'S WORK OR IDEAS WITHOUT PROPER CITATION, CREATING THE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT THOSE ARE THE AUTHOR'S ORIGINAL IDEAS |
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| ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS OF A SPECIES LIVING WITHIN A SPECIFIC AREA |
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| SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISM THAT LACKS ORGAN ALLEYS AND DOES NOT HAVE A NUCLEUS SURROUNDED BY A NUCLEAR MEMBRANE |
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| SECTION OF THE SCIENTIFIC PAPER IN WHICH THE AUTHOR NARRATES THE EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS AND PRESENTS RELEVANT FIGURES, PICTURES, DIAGRAMS, GRAPHS, AND TABLES, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INTERPRETATION |
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| PEOPLE THAT SUMMARIZES AND COMMENTS ON FINDINGS THAT WERE PUBLISHED AS PRIMARY LITERATURE |
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| NOTICED THAT COVERS GENERAL RULES ALL THE OPERATION OF GENERAL LAWS, ESPECIALLY WHEN ACQUIRED AND TESTED BY THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD |
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| METHOD OF RESEARCH FOR DEFINE STEPS THAT INCLUDE OBSERVATION, FORMULATION OF A HYPOTHESIS, TESTING, AND CONFIRMING OR FALSIFYING THE HYPOTHESIS |
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| FORTUNATE ACCIDENT OR A LUCKY SURPRISE |
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| TESTED AND CONFIRMED EXPLANATION FOR OBSERVATIONS OR PHENOMENA |
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| GROUP OF SIMILAR CELLS CARRYING OUT RELATED OBSERVATIONS |
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| PART OF AN EXPERIMENT THAT THE EXPERIMENTER CAN VARY OR CHANGE |
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