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| anythign thst has or once had all the characteristics of life |
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| orderly structure shown by living things |
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| process that results in mass being added to an organism; may include formation of new celss and new structures |
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| changes an organism undergoes in its lifetime before reaching adult form |
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| production of an offspring |
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| group of organisms can be interbreed and produce fertile offspring |
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| any change in an organism's internal or external that causes an organism to react |
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| organism's reaction to stimulus |
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| regulation of an organisms internal enviroinment to maintain conditions needed for life |
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| inherited characteristic of a species that develops overtime in repsonse to and environmental factor, enabling a species to survive |
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| application if knowledge gained from scientific research to solce society's needs and problems and improve the quality of life |
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| application if knowledge gained from scientific research to solce society's needs and problems and improve the quality of life |
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| the body of knowledge based on the study of nature |
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| the body of knowledge based on the study of nature |
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| explanation of a natural phenomenon based on many observations and investigations overtime, (can change) |
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| states a repeated observation about nature (doeesn't change) |
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| a process in which the procedure used during an experiment may be repeated and the results are evaluated by scientists who are in the same fields or are conducting similar research |
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| measurement system whose divisions are powers of 10 |
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| system of measurements used by scientists, abbreviation of the international system of units |
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| the field of study that applies science to matters of legal interest and other areas such as archaeology |
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| orderly, direct information gatherd about a natural phenomenon, gatherd by senses |
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| assumption based on prior experience |
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| a series of problem-solving procedures that might include observations, forming hypothesis, experimenting, gathering and analyzing data |
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| a series of problem-solving procedures that might include observations, forming hypothesis, experimenting, gathering and analyzing data |
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| testable explanation of a situation... educated guess (if... then statement) |
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