Biology Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Questions that can be answered through experimental inquiry and observation of the natural world.

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Testable Question

Question 2

Questions that cannot be answered by direct observation or by evidence gathered through experimental inquiries.

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Non-Testable Question

Question 3

Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality.

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Quantitative

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Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity.

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Qualitative

Question 5

The act of testing by experience; proof; test.

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Trials

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The act or instance of noticing or perceiving and the acquisition of information from a primary source.

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Observation

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Information acquired by observation or experimentation.

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Empirical Evidence

Question 8

Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.

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Data

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A physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events or processes.

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Models In Science

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Similarity of function and superficial resemblance of structures that have different origins.

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Analogy

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An established or official way of doing something.

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Procedure

Question 11

The ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group; an archetype.

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Prototype

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Anything that can change or be changed within an experiment.

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Variable

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An element that remains unchanged or unaffected by other variables

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Control

Question 13

The quality or state of being correct or precise.

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Accuracy

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An idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world.

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Hypothesis

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The quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate.

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Precision

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A method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

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Scientific Method

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The factors that do not change during the experiment.

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Constant

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A conclusion or educated guess drawn from observations as well as previous knowledge.

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Infer

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A specific statement about what will occur (i.e. the outcome or pattern that will be observed) in a particular research investigation (e.g., an experiment).

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Predict

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Aren’t affected by any other variables that the study measures. The researcher often manipulates independent variables in a study.

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Independent Variable

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What you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment. The dependent variable responds to the independent variable.

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Dependent Variable

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The factor or condition that is purposely changed by the scientist.

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Manipulated Variable

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The part of an experiment that a scientists measures and observes closely for a change or a response.

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Responding Variable

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The number of observations or individuals included in a study or experiment.

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Sample Size

Question 21

Scientifically accurate information that is used in an unbiased way to convey a biological idea.

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Validity

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Lack of consistency or fixed pattern; liability to vary or change.

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Variability

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The general change in a variable with time.

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Trends in Data

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A connection between a factor and an outcome.

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Correlation

Question 25

The property of a body that is a measure of its inertia and that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains and causes it to have weight in a gravitational field.

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Mass

Question 26

The measure of the force of gravity acting on a body.

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Weight

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By a specified amount in or for every hundred.

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Percent

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The amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great.

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Volume

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The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

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Ratio

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A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure.

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Rate

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A graph representing data in a circular form, with each slice of the circle representing a fraction or proportionate part of the whole.

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Pie Graph

Question 30

A graphical representation of information that changes over a period of time.

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Line Graph

Question 31

A diagram in which the numerical values of variables are represented by the height or length of lines or rectangles of equal width.

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Bar Graph

Question 32

A graph in which the values of two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlation present.

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Scatterplot

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Statements made in science based on an experiment.

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Claim

Question 34

The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

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Evidence

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Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing valid conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth.

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Reason

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A well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can incorporate laws, hypotheses and facts.

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Theory

Question 37

A flaw in the study design or the method of collecting or interpreting information.

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Bias