Chapter 1- The Science of Biology Vocabulary

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Observation

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The process of gathering information about events or processes in a careful, orderly way.

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Science

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1. An organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world.
2. The body of knowledge that scientists have built up after years of using this process

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Data

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Information gathered from observations

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Inference

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A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience

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Hypothesis

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A proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations.

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Scientists generate hypotheses using ______ ________, or what they already know; ________ _________; and ________, __________ imagination

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prior knowledge; logical inference; informed, creative

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Spontaneous Generation

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The idea that life can arise from nonliving matter

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Controlled Experiment

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An experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time. All other variables should be kept unchanged, or controlled.

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Manipulated Variable

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The variable that is deliberately changed

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Responding Variable

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The variable that changes in response to the manipulated variable

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Theory

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A particular hypothesis may become so well supported that scientists consider it a ______

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Biology

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The science that seeks to understand he living world

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Cell

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A collection of living matter enclosed by a barrier that separates the cell from it’s surroundings

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Unicellular

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One cell– many living things consist of a single cell

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Multicellular

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Many celled– contain hundreds, thousands, or even trillions of cells. Often, cells are remarkably diverse.

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Sexual Reproduction

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Two cells from different parents unite to produce the first cell of the new organism

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Asexual Reproduction

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The new organism has a single parent

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Metabolism

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The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up and breaks down materials as it carries out life processes

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Homeostasis

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The process by which organisms keep internal conditions constant.

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Metric System

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A decimal system of measurement whose units are based on certain physical standards and are scaled on multiples of 10

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Microscopes

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Devices that produce magnified images of structures that are too small to see with the unaided eye

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Compound Light Microscope

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Allow light to pass through the specimen and use two lenses to form an image

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Electron Microscope

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Use beams of electrons to produce images

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Cell Culture

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Cell is able to reproduce so that a group of cells develops from the single original cell

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Cell Fractionation

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Separates cells into different parts.

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Quantitative data

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Expressed as numbers

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Qualitative data

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Descriptive and involve characteristics that can’t usually be counted