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Life Science-Ch.1
chapter one
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Science
7th Grade
05/19/2009

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Term
cell
Definition
smallest unit of an organism that can carry on life functions
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organism
Definition
any living thing
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homeostasis
Definition
regulation of an organism's internal, life-maintaining conditions
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hypothesis
Definition
prediction that can be tested
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control
Definition
standard to which the outcome of a test is compared
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variable
Definition
something in an experiment that can change
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theory
Definition
explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge resulting from many observations and experiments
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law
Definition
statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true consistently
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independent variable
Definition
variable that does not depend upon another variable for it's outcome
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dependent variable
Definition
variable that depends on the independent variable for its outcome
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