Characteristics of Life Vocab

Question 1

Biology

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The study of life

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Organization

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Having some type of order where cells must work together

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Cell

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The smallest living unit of an organism

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Unicellular

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One Cell organism

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Multicellular

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2 or more cells

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Organ

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A part in the body like the kidney or heart that does a specific task for that organism

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Tissue

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Thin layer of skin under the exterior skin

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Organelle

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Its like the organ of a cell, it is a part of the cell that performs a specific task

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Biological Molecule

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Molecules in the body that contain carbon and are the building blocks of organic compounds

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Homeostasis

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The ability to maintain a stable internal environment

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Metabolism

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The sum of all chemical reactions in an organism

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Cell Division

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When cells multiply and create copies of themselves

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Development

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Maturing as time goes by

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Reproduction

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Creating an offspring weather it be sexual or asexual

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Gene

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A segment of DNA that controls a characteristic of an organism

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Virus

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A microscopic organism that infects a host cells

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Ecology

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The study of relationships between different organisms and their environments

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Ecosystem

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An environment that consist of multiple species of organisms that live together

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Evolution

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The change in a species over time

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Adaptation

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An organisms ability to stabilize their self mental or physically in an unfamiliar environment

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Hypothesis

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A testable assumption or question based upon an observation

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Prediction

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To predict something, like a forecast / an if - then statement

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Experiment

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A test or procedure done to figure something out or discover something

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Control group

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A group of something like humans that are not tempered with to receive answers for an experiment

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Experimental group

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A group of something that is tempered with to receive answers for an experiment

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Independent variable

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A variable that stands alone in an experiment or procedure that inst effected

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Dependent variable

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A variable in an experiment or procedure that is effected or tested

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Theory

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A belief or like a hypothesis that usually needs to be tested