Chapter 1 The Science Of Biology

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Observation

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The use of one or more senses to gather information

Sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste

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Science

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Organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world; also the body of knowledge that scientists have built up after years of using this process

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Hypothesis

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It is the possible explanation for a set of observations or the creation of a question of study

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Biology

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The study of science in the living world, seek understanding

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Data

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Evidence,information gathered from observations and experiments

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Homeostasis

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The process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment

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Metabolism

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The set of chemical reactions of when an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life process

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Stimulus

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A signal to which an organism responds too

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Cell

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The collection of living matter enclosed by a barrier that separates the cell from its surroundings, the basic unit of all forms of life

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Theory

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A well tested explanation that combines a variety of observations

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Spontaneous generation

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Hypothesis (disproven) stating that life could arise from non living matter

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Controlled experiment

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A test of the effect of a single variable by changing it while keeping all variables the same

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Manipulated variable

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Factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely changes; also known as independent variable

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Conclusion

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Is the results and data collected that concluded to an explanation describing the final result

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Biosphere

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Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water and air or atmosphere

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Community

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Assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

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Cell culture

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Group of cells grown in a nutrient solution from a single original cell

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Compound light microscope

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A microscope that allows light to pass through a specimen and uses two lenses to form an image

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Electron microscope

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A microscope that forms an image by focusing beams of electrons onto a specimen

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Cell fractionation

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Technique in which cells are broken into pieces and the different cell parts are separated

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Ecosystem

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Collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place, together with their non living environment

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Organism

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Group of tissues that work together to perform closely related functions

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Populations

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

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SEM

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Scan a narrow beam of electrons back and forth across the surfaces of a specimen

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Metric system

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Decimal system of measurement based on certain physical standards and scaled on multiples of 10

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Sexual reproduction

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Process by which cells form two different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism

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Asexual reproduction

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The process of which one parent produces an identical new organism

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TEM transmission electron microscope

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Shine a beam of electrons through a thin specimen

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Variable

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Factor in the experiment that can change

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Specimen

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an individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc., used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display.
an example of something such as a product or piece of work, regarded as typical of its class or group.

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Characteristics of life

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• made up of units called cells
• can reproduce
• are based on a universal genetic code
• can grow and develop
• obtains and use materials and energy
• responds to their environment
• maintain a stable internal environment
• taken a group, living things change over time
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Levels of organization

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• atoms
• molecules
• organelles
• cells
• tissues
• organs
• organ system
• organism
• population
• community
• ecosystem
• biosphere