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| The use of evidence to construct testable explainations and predictions of natural phenomena as well as the knowledge generated through the process |
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| The act of noticing and describing events or prcesses in a careful orderly way |
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| a logical interpretation based on what scientists already know |
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| a tenative scientific explaination that can be tested by further observation or experimentation |
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| an experiment in which only one variable is changed |
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| the variable that is deliverately changed |
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| the variable that is observed and changes in response to the independent variable |
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| is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group, except for changes in the independent variable |
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| evidence; information gathered from observations |
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| numbers obtained by counting or measuring |
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| descriptive and involve characteristics that cannot be counted |
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| a tested, highly reliable scientific explanation of the natural world that unifies many repeated observations and incorporates durable hypotheses for scientists to make predictions |
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| a personal rather than scientific point of view for or against something |
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| complex information needed to live, grow, and reproduce; a molecule with the genetic code |
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| a signal to which an organism responds |
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| cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism |
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| a single organism produces offspring identical to itself |
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| process through which organisms keep their internal environment relatively stable |
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| the combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds or breaks down materials |
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| "living planet" organisms are linked to one another and to the land, water, and air around them |
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