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Biosphere

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All regions of earth where organisms live

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Atoms

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Fundamental building block of all matter

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Community

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All populations of species in a given area

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Ecosystem

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Community interacting w environment

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Emergent propert

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Characteristic of a system that does not appear in any of the systems component parts

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Molecule

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Association of two or more atoms

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Organ

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In multicellular organisms group of tissues in collective task

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Organ system

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Set of organs engaged in collective task that keeps the body functioning properly

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Population

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Group of individuals of the same species that live in a given area

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Tissue

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In multicelled organisms specialized cells organized in a pattern that allows a collective function

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Ecosystem

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Community interacting with its physical environment through transfer of energy and materials.

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Consumer

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Organism that gets energy and nutrients by feeding on tissue, waste, or remains of other organisms

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Development

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Multistep process in which first cell of a new individual becomes a multicelled adult

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DNA

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Dioxyribonucleicacid carries hereditary information

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Energy

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Capacity to do work

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Growth

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In multicelled species increase in number size and volume of cells

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Homeostasis

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Set of processes in which organism keeps it’s internal conditions w in tolerable ranges

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Inheritance

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Transmission of DNA from parents to offspring

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Nutrient

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Substance organism needs for growth and survival but can’t make self

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Photosynthesis

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Process by which producers use light em to make sugars from co2 and h2o

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Producer

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Organism that makes it’s own food using me and simple raw materials from the environment

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Reproduction

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Processes by which parents produce offspring

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Animal

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Multicelled consumer that develops through a series of stages and moves about during part of all of their life cycle

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Archean

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Member of a group of single celled organisms that differ from bacteria

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Bacterium

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Member of a large group of single celled organisms

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Biodiversity

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Variation among living organisms

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Eukaryotes

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Organism whose cells characteristically have a nucleus

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Fungus

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Type of eukaryotic consumer that obtains nutrients by digestion and absorption outside the body

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Nucleus

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Double membraned sac that encloses a cells DNA

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Plant

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A multicelled typically photosynthetic producer

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Protist

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Member of a diverse group of simple eukaryote

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Genus

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A group of species that share a unique set of traits, also the first part of a species name

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Specific epithet

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Second part of a species name

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Taxon

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Linnaean category a grouping of organism

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Taxonomy

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The science of naming and classifying species

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Control group

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Individual who are not exposed to the independent variable

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Critical thinking

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Judging information before accepting it

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Data

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Experimental results

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Deductive reasoning

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Using a general idea to make a conclusion

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Dependent variable

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Variable affected by independent variable

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Experiment

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Test to support or falsify a prediction

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Experimental group

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Group of individuals exposed to an independent variable

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Inductive reasoning

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Conclusion bases on observation

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Model

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Analogous system used to test a hypothesis

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Prediction

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Statement based on hypothesis about a condition that should exist

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Science

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Systemic study of the observable room

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Scientific method

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Making testing and evaluating hypothesis

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Variable

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A characteristic or event that differs among individuals over time

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