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What is the Scientific Method? (OHEDAC)

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Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data, Analysis, Conclusion

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What is a virus?

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A tiny particle that needs a host cell to survive and multiply.

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Mutate (define)

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Spread

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Are viruses living?

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No, they need a cell to survive

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Abiotic (define)

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Nonliving

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Biotic (define)

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Living, meets the 8 characteristics of life

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What are the 8 characteristics of life? (CRDNAGEHEE)

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made of CELLS, REPRODUCES, DNA or RNA, GROWS and develops, uses ENERGY, maintains HOMEOSTASIS, responds to the ENVIRONMENT, EVOLVES

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Characteristics (define)

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description of something or what characterizes it

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Classification (define)

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Levels of organisms

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Evolve (define)

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to change over a period of time

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Asexual reproduction

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reproducing by itself (cloning)

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Sexual reproduction

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organism needs a partner to reproduce

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Homeostasis

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the steady temp. inside an organism’s body

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Metabolism

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a process that occurs within an organism to keep it alive

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Metric system

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a measuring system based on units of length

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Compound light microscope

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a microscope that uses light to magnify objects

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Unicellular; multicellular

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has one cell; has multiple cells

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external

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happens on the outside

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Observation

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findings after experimenting with a lab and gathering info

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Inference

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a logical explanation of something based on an experience

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Hypothesis

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a prediction to the results of a scientific lab or experiment

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independent variable

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the variable that is manipulated

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dependent variable

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the variable that changes based on the independent variable

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controlled variable

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the one variable that doesn’t change

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theory

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a prediction or hypothesis that is so believed and supported in it becomes a theory

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cell

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the smallest functional unit of life that makes up organisms

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bacteria

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unicellular prokaryotes that can be found everywhere

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archaea

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prokaryotic, single-celled, organisms that live in extreme environments

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Quantitative data

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numerical data; ex: temperature

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Qualitative data

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descriptive data; ex: what it looks like, yellow

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