Chapter 1 vocab Flashcards
Process of reproduction involving a single parent that results in offsprings that are genetically identical to the parent.
Asexual reproduction
Particular preference or point of view that is personal rather than scientific
Bias
Scientific study of life
Biology
Part of Earth in which life exists including land water and air or atmosphere
Biosphere
Group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable
Control group
Experiment in which only one variable has changed
Controlled experiment
Evidence information gathered from observation
Data
Variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable also called the responding
Dependent variable
Genetic material that organisms inherit from their
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
Relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain
Homeostasis
Possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific explanation
Hypothesis
Factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed also called manipulated variable
Independent variable
A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Inference
The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials
Metabolism
Process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful orderly way
Observation
Organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural
Science
Type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism
sexual reproduction
Signal to which an organism responds
Stimulus
Well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses and enable scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations
Theory
