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Biology
Undergraduate 1
07/31/2010

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what are the steps to scientific method
Definition

observation

questioning and exploration

consturcting hypothesis

record and analize

draw the conclusion

repeat the process

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What is a variable
Definition
somthing that changes
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What is a dependent variable
Definition
This changes because of the indepenent variable
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Independent Variable
Definition
The one that I change, ( to see if my idea works)
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control group
Definition
no independent variable ( it gets the sugar pill )
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Experimental group
Definition

gets the independent variable

( Gets the drug or whatever to see if it changes)

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What is inductive reasoning
Definition
takes lots of information to  make sense of a princple
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deductive reasoning
Definition
using general principle making it into and appliing it into a new idea
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puesoscience
Definition

not scientifically valid

( like some otc meds)

may or may not work

there is no real testing done on the product

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Theroy
Definition

How and why

but not proven

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metabolic process is
Definition

nutrient uptake

nutrient processing

waste and elimination

Term
what are the 5 characteristics of living things
Definition

metabolic process

generative process

resonsive process

control process

unqique structural orangization

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Generative processes are
Definition

growth

reproduction

asexual reproduction

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Responsive processes are
Definition

irritability(you can tell somthing is getting your attention)

individual adaptation( a person can change like in being weaker or stronger)

Evolution(where organisms change and adapt to be able to exist)

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Control processes
Definition

Coordination

this means like enzymes speeds up or slows down certain processes in your body( like breaking down food)

Regulation

This is to control and what will keep the body at homestasis.  like the Ph level at 7.35-7.45 and the body temp at 98.6

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What is the Strucural Orangization made of
Definition
Biophere
Ecosystem
Community
population
organism
organ system
organ
tissue
cell
moelcules
atoms
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What did Edward Jenner do?
Definition
He made a vaccine for small pox
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metabolism is
Definition
a breakdown of food and nutriention with chemical reaction from the body, such as enzymes and bile
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Energy is
Definition
the ability to move or do work
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What is the order of biological organization
Definition

Cell the smallest unit of life

Tissue two or more cells working for a common purpose

Organ two or more tissues working together for a common purpose

Organ system two or more organs working together for a common purpose

Organismal level two or more organs working together for a common purpose

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