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| The process of change that has transformed life on earth from its earliest beginnings to the diversity of organisms living today. |
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| The scientific study of life. |
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| Are due to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases |
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| To construct models for the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems |
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| Is subdivided by internal membranes into various membrane-enclosed organelles. |
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| The DNA is not seperated from the rest of the cell by enclosure in a membrane-bounded nucleus. |
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| A cell's genetic material |
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| The units of inheritance that transmit information from parents to offspring. |
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| The entire library of genetic instructions that an organism inherits. |
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| The use of computational tools to store, organize, and analyze the huge volume of data that results from high-throughput methods. |
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| Accumulation of an end product of a process slows that process. |
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| An end product speeds up its production. |
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| A search for information and explanation, often focusing on specific questions. |
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| Describes natural structures and processes as accurately as possible through careful observation and analysis of data. |
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| Discovery science can lead to important conclusions based on a type of logic called induction. |
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| A tentative answer to a well-framed question - an explanation on trial. |
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| The logic flows in the opposite direction, from the general to the specific. |
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| One that is designed to compare an experimental group. |
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| A much broader in scope than a hypothesis. |
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| Takes many forms, including diagrams, graphs, three-dimensional objects, computer programs, or mathematical equations. |
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| Applies scientific knowledge for some specific purpose. |
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