Vocab Flashcards
The process of gathering info about events or processes in a careful orderly way
Observation
Info gathered from observations
Data
Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience
Inference
Proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations.
Hypothesis
The idea that life could arise from non living matter
Spontaneous generation
When one variable is changed at a time
Controlled experiment
Variable that is deliberately changed
Manipulated variable
A variable that changes in response to to the manipulated variable
Responding variable
Well supported hypothesis
Theory
Science that seeks to understand the living world
Biology
Collection of non living matter enclosed by a barrier that separates the cell from its surroundings
Cell
2 cells from different parents unite to produce the first cell of the new organism
Sexual reproduction
New organism that has a single parent
Asexual reproduction
The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life processes
Metabolism
Signal to which an organism responds
Stimulus
When an organism maintains its stable internal conditions
Homeostasis
The ability of groups of organisms to change over time
Evolution
Decimal system of measurement whose units are based on certain physical standards and are scaled on multiples of 10
Metric system
Organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world.
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