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A group of subjects, closely resembling the experimental group but not receiving the factor under study, which serves as a comparison to the experimental group

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Control group

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A group of subjects which receive the factor under study

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Experimental group

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The process by which organisms keep their internal body conditions fairly constant to survive

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Homeostasis

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Observed factor that may change in an experiment

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Dependent variable

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The proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations

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Hypothesis

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The smallest unit of an organism that can be considered to be alive

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Cell

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A change in a kind of organism over time

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Evolution

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Any physical or chemical input that is sensed

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Stimulus

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The factor that’s purposely change in an experiment

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Independent variable

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Ideas that have been supported over time

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Theory

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Negative, not, without

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A, an –

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Enzyme

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Ase –

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