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Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards

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Controlled experiment

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Is under controlled conditions and has to two groups; control group and experimental group

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Hypothesis

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Testable explanation of a situation

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Independent variable

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The one factor that can be changed in a controlled experiment; is the factor tested and affects the experiments outcome

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Herbivores

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Eat plants

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Omnivore

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Eat both plants and animals

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Dependent variable

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Factor being measured in a controlled experiment; it’s value changes because of changes to the independent variable

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Respiration

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Action of breathing

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Digestion

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Action of breaking down food

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Metabolism

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All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism

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Abiogenesis

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Study of how life originally arose on this planet

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Biogenesis

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Process in which life forms arise for similar life forms

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Producer

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An organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce food.

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Consumer

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Organism that gets its energy requirements by consuming other organisms.

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Technology

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Application of knowledge gained from scientific research to solve society’s needs and problems and improve the quality of life

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Data

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Quantitive and qualitative info gained from scientific investigation

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Experiment

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Procedure preformed in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis and collect precise data

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Scientific method

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Problem solving methods that might include observations, forming a hypothesis, experimenting, gathering and analyzing data and drawing conclusions

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Adaptation

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Inherited characteristic of a species that develops over time in response to an environmental factor, enabling the species to survive

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Autotroph

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Organism that captures energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce its own good, provides the foundation of the food supply for other organisms, ALSO CALLED A PRODUCER!

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Cell theory

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1- organisms are made of one or more cells
2- cells are the basic unit of life
3- all cells come from other cells

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Cell

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Basic unit of structure and organization of all living organisms

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Organism

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Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life

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Photosynthesis

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Two phase anabolic pathway in which the suns light energy is converted to chemical energy for use by the cell

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Response

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Organisms reaction to a stimulus

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Spontaneous generation

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Idea that life arises from non living things

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Stimulus

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Any change in any organisms internal or external environment that causes the organisms to react

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Binomial nomenclature

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Linnaeus’s system of naming organisms, which gives a scientific two word Latin name to each species

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Class

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Taxonomic group that contains one of more related orders

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Division

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Taxonomic term used instead of phylum to group related classes of plants and bacteria

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Family

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Taxonomic group of similar, related genera that’s smaller then a genus and larger than an order

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Genus

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Taxonomic group of closely related species with common ancestors

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Kingdom

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Taxonomic group of related phyla or divisions

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Order

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Taxonomic group that contains related families

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Phylum

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Taxonomic group of related classes

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Species

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Group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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Multicellular

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Having or consisting of many cells

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Organic compounds

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any compound of carbon and another element

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Unicellular

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Consisting of a single cell

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