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| the process of gathering information about events or processes in an organized way |
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| information gathered from observations |
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| a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge |
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| a proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations |
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| when living things arise from the nonliving |
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| when only one variable is changed in an experiment |
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| the variable that is deliberately changed |
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| responds to the variable that is manipulated |
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| a well supported hypothesis |
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| the smallest unit of an organism |
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| reproduction involving two parents |
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| reproduction involving one parent |
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| a signal to which an organism responds |
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| the process of keeping an organism's internal conditions constant |
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| biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism, groups of cells, cells, molecules |
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| compounds made of of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. |
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| single sugar molecules (glucose, fructose) |
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| macromolecules made of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorous |
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| three parts a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base |
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| carbon and hydrogen (fat oil wax) |
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| nitrogen carbon hydrogen oxygen |
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| one amino group and a carboxyl group |
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| the reactant of an enzyme or catalyzed reaction |
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| combines all parts of the planet in which life exists. 8km above earth and 11 below earth |
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| a group of ecosystems with a similar climate and similar dominant communities |
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| uses energy from the environment |
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| both species benefit from the relationship |
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| one member benefits while the other is neither harmed nor benefitted. |
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| the diffusion of water through a semi permeable membrane |
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| the movement of water from one area to an area of less concentration |
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