Chapter 1 vocab

Question 1

Process of reproduction involving a single parent that results in offsprings that are genetically identical to the parent.

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Asexual reproduction

Question 2

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

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Bias

Question 3

Scientific study of life

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Biology

Question 4

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

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Biosphere

Question 5

Group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable

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Control group

Question 6

Experiment in which only one variable has changed

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Controlled experiment

Question 7

Evidence information gathered from observation

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Data

Question 8

Variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable also called the responding

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Dependent variable

Question 9

Genetic material that organisms inherit from their

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DNA deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 10

Relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain

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Homeostasis

Question 11

Possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific explanation

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Hypothesis

Question 12

Factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed also called manipulated variable

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Independent variable

Question 13

A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience

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Inference

Question 14

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

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Metabolism

Question 15

Process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful orderly way

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Observation

Question 16

Organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural

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Science

Question 17

Type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism

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sexual reproduction

Question 18

Signal to which an organism responds

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Stimulus

Question 19

Well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses and enable scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations

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Theory