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| A body of facts that man has repeatedly observed about the physical universe around him. |
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| that which is true because man has defined it |
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| the natural laws that God established but did not reveal in Scripture |
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| that which is revealed in scripture. If it is in the Bible, it is already true without other proof. |
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| Any statement not part of revealed or unrevealed truth. |
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| A process of beginning with may facts or assumptions in order to reach a general conclusion. |
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| The process of beginning with known facts and predicting a new fact. |
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| A characteristic of scientific knowledge that allows its practical application. |
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| A highly organized cellular condition which is derived from preexisting life; requires energy to carry on processes such as growth, movement, reproduction, and response, and faces death. |
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| Anything that occupies space and has mass. |
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| A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical reactions. |
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| The ability to respond to changes in the environment. |
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| The genetic makeup of an individual organism. |
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| The physical expression of an organism's gene |
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| Proportion of genotypes found in individuals after a cross. |
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| Proportion of possible physical characteristics found in individuals after a cross |
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| Chromosomes (alleles) that are similar, a pair. |
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| Condition in which both alleles in one organism are the same. |
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| Having two different alleles at the same position (locus) on homologous chromosomes. |
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| A chromosome anomaly, abnormality or aberration reflects an atypical number of chromosomes or a structural abnormality in one or more of the alleles |
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| Number of human chromosomes |
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| Genetic Engineering strategies |
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| The direct human manipulation of an organism;s genome using DNA technology. It involves introduction of foreign DNA into genes or selective breeding methods. |
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| An illustration in which the chromosomes of a cell are arranged according to their size. |
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| Chemicals produced by living organisms, that naturally ill or inhibit the growth of other organisms. |
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| Artificial Classification Systems |
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| Same as the Linnaean System of classification. Based on organisms sharing one or few unifying characteristics. |
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| Large domain of procaryotic microorganism, having shapes including spheres, rods and spirals. |
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| A tumor characterized by localized growth. |
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| A system of naming organisms in which each organism is given a genus and species name. |
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| Cancer causing substances |
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| The Catholic monk who did selective breeding of peas and presented conclusions called Mendelian genetics. |
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| A disease transmitted through the air by pathogens suspended in water droplets |
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| An asexual spore that forms within a bacterium. |
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| A tumor characterized by rapid and chaotic growth; often spreads and may be fatal. |
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| An organism that causes a disease. |
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| The science of classifying organisms. |
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| Any abnormal growth of cells |
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| A method of exposing a person to a controlled amount of a disease-causing factor to develop an immunity. |
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| An infection carried by an insect or other arthropod to a host organism. |
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| A submicroscopic, noncellular particle, composed of a nucleic acid core and a protein coat |
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