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Science Law

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Statement that ties together many related observations, facts, and a tested hypothesis is called a theory.

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Theory

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An explanation that ties together many hypothesis and observations

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Scientific model

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A pattern, plan, representation designed to show the structure or working of an object, system, or concept

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Stimulus

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Anything that causes a reaction or change in an organism or any part of an organism

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Cell

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The smallest unit that can perform all life processes

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Phenotype

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What it looks like

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Genotype

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Letters RR,rR, rr

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Asexual reproduction

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One parent

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Asexual reproduction

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One parent

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Sexual reproduction

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Two parents

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Incomplete dominance

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Punnet squares

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Multicellular

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Many cells

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Adaption

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More likely to survive

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Speciation

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The evolutionary processes through which new species arise from existing species.

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Natural selection

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Better adapted

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Selective breeding

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a process used by humans to develop new organisms with desirable characteristics

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Fossils

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Minerals from long ago

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Insecticide Resistance

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Bugs get used to the chemicals we always spray them with

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