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| Organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world. |
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| Process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way. |
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| A logical interpretation biased on prior knowledge and experience. |
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| Possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question. |
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| Experiment in which only one variable is deliberately changed. |
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| Factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed. |
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| Variable that is observed to change in response to the independent variable, also called the responding variable. |
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| The group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group. |
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| Evidence; information gathered from observations. |
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| A well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses that enables scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations. |
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| Particular Preference or point of view. |
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| Scientific study of life. |
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| The building blocks of life. |
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| A signal to which an organism responds. |
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| A type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to from the first cell of a new organism. |
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| Process of reproduction in which a single parent that results in offspring completely identical to the parent. |
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| Relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions the organism maintains. |
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| The combination of chemical reactions in which the organism breaks down or builds up nurturance. |
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| Part of Earth in which life exists. |
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