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unit 1 vocab.
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Biology
9th Grade
09/28/2010

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Hypothesis
Definition
An educated guess the scientist makes.
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Cell
Definition
The basic structural unit of all organisms.
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Science
Definition
Knowledge of physicel or material world gained through opservation and experimentation.
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Title
Definition
A descripive heading.
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Experiment
Definition
Discovering something unknown or of testing principle.
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Y-axis
Definition
The vertical axis.
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X-axis
Definition
The horizontal axis.
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Independent variable
Definition
What the scientist changes.
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Dependent variable
Definition
What happens because of what the scientist changed.
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Data
Definition
The information gathered from the experiment.
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Materials
Definition
What your using for the experiment
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Investigative question
Definition
What you want to learn more about.
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Conclusion
Definition
What does it mean.
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Procedure
Definition
Use the steps you used so that someone can repeat the steps you did.
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DRY-MIX
Definition
Dependent,responding,y-axis,Manipulated,Independent,x-axis.
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Units
Definition
Measuring terms.
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Results
Definition
What you get from an experiment.
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Purpose
Definition
Research.
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Accuracy
Definition
The degree of closeness of measurements of a quality to its actual value.
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Precision
Definition
Degree to which repeated measurements under unchanged conditions show the same results.
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Organism
Definition
An individual living thing
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7 characteristics of living things
Definition
Homeostasis,Reproduce,Grow,Cell,Heredity,Energy,Responding.
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Quantitative observation
Definition
The steps the scientists use.
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Qualitative Observation
Definition
Repeating the steps the scientist use in the exact same order.
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Conrtol group
Definition
A group that i compare an experiment to.
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Controlled group
Definition
A variable that stays the same.
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Fair test
Definition
A test where only the dependent and independent variables change.
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Homeostasis
Definition
Process of maintaing balance in an organ.
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