Chapter 1 Voab Review

Question 0

Data

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The information gathered from observations

Question 1

Observation

Answer 1

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

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Inference

Answer 2

Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

Is a proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations

Question 4

Controlled experiment

Answer 4

Only one variable is changed at a time, while all other variables are kept unchanged

Question 5

Manipulated variable

Answer 5

The variable that is deliberately changed in a controlled experiment

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Metric system

Answer 6

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

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Stimuli

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Is a signal to which an organism responds

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Asexual reproduction

Answer 8

The new organum had a single parent

Question 9

Theory

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Is a well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations

Question 10

Biology

Answer 10

The science that seeks to understand the living world

Question 11

Cell

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A collection of living matter enclosed by a barrier that separates it from it’s environment

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Microscope

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A device that produces magnified images of structures that are too small to see with the unaided eye

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Cell fractional

Answer 13

A laboratory technique in which cells are separated into cell parts

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Homeostasis

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Process of keeping an organism’s internal conditions constant

Question 15

Metabolism

Answer 15

Combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials

Question 16

Cell culture

Answer 16

A laboratory technique in which a group of cells develops from a single cell