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| The Scientific Study of Life |
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| Fundamental Building Block of All Matter |
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| All Regions of Earth where organisms live. |
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| All populations of all species living in a given area |
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| A community interacting with its environment |
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| A characteristic of a system that does not appear in any of the system's component parts |
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| An association of two or more atoms. |
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| In multicelled organisms, a grouping of tissues engaged in a collective task. |
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| Individual that consists of one or more cells |
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| In multicelled organisms, set of organs engaged in a collective task that keeps the body functioning properly |
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| Group of individuals of the same species that live in a given area |
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| In multicelled organisms, specialized cells organized in a patter that allows them to perform a collective function |
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| organism that gets energy and nutrients by feeding on tissues, wastes, or remains of other organisms |
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| Multistep process by which the first cell of a new individual becomes a multicelled adult. |
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| Deoxyribonucleic acid; carries hereditary information that guides growth and development |
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| In multicelled species, an increase in the number, size, and volume of cells |
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| set of processes by which an organism keeps its internal conditions within tolerable ranges. |
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| Transmission of DNA from parents to offspring. |
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| Substance that an organism needs for growth and survival, but cannot make for itself |
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| Process by which producers use light energy to make sugars from CO2 and H2O |
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| Organism that makes its own food using energy and simple raw materials from the environment |
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| Processes by which parents produce offspring. |
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| Multicelled consumer that develops through a series of stages and moves about during part or all of its life cycle |
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| Member of a group of single-celled organisms that differ from bacteria. |
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| Member of a large group of single-celled organisms. |
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| Variation among living organisms |
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| Organism whose cells characteristically have a nucleus |
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| Type of eukaryotic consumer that obtains nutrients by digestion and absorption outside of the body. |
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| Double-membraned sac that encloses a cell's DNA. |
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| A multicelled, typically photosynthetic producer |
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| Member of a diverse group of simple eukaryotes. |
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| A group of species that share a unique set of traits; also the first part of a species name |
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| Second part of a species name |
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| Linnaean category; a group of organisms |
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| The science of naming and classifying species |
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| In an experiment, group of individuals who are not exposed to the independent variable that is being tested. |
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| Judging information before accepting it |
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| Using a general idea to make a conclusion about a specific case |
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| In an experiment, variable that is presumably affected by the independent variable being tested |
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| A test designed to support or falsify a prediction. |
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| In an experiment, group of individuals who are exposed to an independent variable . |
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| Testable explanation of a natural phenomenon. |
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| variable that is controlled by an experimenter in order to explore its relationship to a dependent variable. |
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| Drawing a conclusion based on observation |
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| Analogous system used for testing hypotheses. |
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| Statement, based on a hypothesis, about a condition that should exist if the hypothesis is correct. |
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| Systematic study of the observable world |
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| Making, testing, and evaluating hypotheses. |
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| In an experiment, a characteristic or event that differs among individuals or over time. |
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| The chance that a particular outcome of an event will occur; depends on the total number of outcomes possible. |
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| Difference between results derived from testing an entire group of events or individuals, and results derive from testing a subset of the group. |
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| Statistically Significant |
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| Refers to a result that is statistically unlikely to have occurred by chance. |
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| Generalization that describes a consistent natural phenomenon for which there is incomplete scientific explanation. |
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| Hypothesis that has not been disproven after many years of rigorous testing. |
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