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Chapter 1: The Study of Life Flashcards

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Adaptation

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Inherited characteristic of a species that develops over time in response to environmental factor, enabling the species to survive.

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Biology

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Science of life; examines how living things interact, how systems function, and how they function at a molecular level.

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Biotic factor

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Any living factor in an organism’s environment

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Development

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Changes an organism undergoes in its lifetime before reaching its adult form.

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Energy

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Ability to do work; energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

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Evolution

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Hereditary changes in groups of living organisms over time.

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Growth

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Process that results in mass being added to an organism; may include formation of new cells and new structures.

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Homeostasis

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Regulation for organism’s internal environment to maintain conditions needed for life.

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Organism

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Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life.

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Organization

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Orderly structure shown by living things

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Reproduction

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Production of offspring

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Response

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Organism’s reaction to a stimulus

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Species

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Of organisms that can be interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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Stimulus

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Any change in an organism’s internal or external environment that causes the organism to react

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Analyze

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Interpret

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Accuracy

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How close a group of measurements are to the real or accepted value

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Bias

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Particular preference of point of view that is personal, rather than scientific

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Bioethics

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Study of controversial issues that develop as a result of a discovery made in biology

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Conclusion

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A summary of the results in an investigation and what they mean

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Constant

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A factor that remains fixed during an experiment with the independent and dependent variables change

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Control group

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In a controlled environment, the group not receiving the factor being tested

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Data

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Quantitative or qualitative information gained from scientific investigation

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Dependent variable

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Factor being measured in a controlled environment; it’s value changes because of changes to the independent variable

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Error

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The difference between the measured value and the real value

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Experimental group

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Procedure performed in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis and collect precise data

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Field study

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Scientific study that takes place in a natural setting

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Hypothesis

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Tested explanation of a situation

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Independent variable

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The one factor that can be changed in a controlled environment; is the factor tested and affects the experiment outcome

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Inference

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Assumption based on prior experience

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MSDS

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Material Safety Data Sheets used in the lab explaining scientific hazards for all lab substances

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Objective

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Based on fact and not influenced by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations.

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Observation

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Orderly, direct information gathered about a natural phenomenon

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Peer review

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A process in which the procedures use during an experiment may be repeated and the results are evaluated by scientists were in the same field or conducting similar research

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Precision

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Refers to how close a group of measurements are to one another

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Pseudoscience

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Areas of study that tried to imitate science, often driven by cultural or commercial goals

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Qualitative data

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Include descriptions that are made strictly from observations

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Quantitative data

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Include numerical values obtained by measuring

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Safety symbol

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Logo representing us specific danger such as radioactivity, electrical or biological hazard, or irritants that may be presented in the lab activity or field investigation

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Science

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A body of knowledge based on the study of nature

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Scientific inquiry

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The planned and of the natural world

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Scientific method

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A series of problem-solving procedures that might include observations, forming a hypothesis, experimenting, gathering and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions

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SI

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System of measurement used by scientists, abbreviation of the International System of Units

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Trial

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Each repetition of an experiment

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Unbiased

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To be objective, impartial, or fair

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Variable

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Any factor that can affect the result of an experiment

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Abiotic factor

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Any nonliving factor in an organism’s environment, such as soil, water, temperature, and light availability.

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