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Science Honers
First Test Review
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Science
9th Grade
08/30/2006

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biology
Definition
study of life
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organism
Definition
anything that possesses all of the chracteristics of life
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oranization
Definition
orderly structure
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reporduction
Definition
the production of offspring
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species
Definition
a group of oragnisms that can interbreed and produce fertiel offspring
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growth
Definition
an increse in the amount of living material and the formation of new structures
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development
Definition
all changes that take place during the life of an oragnism
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enviroment
Definition
an organisms enviroment (air, water etc.)
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stimulus
Definition
any condition in the enviroment that requires an organism to ajust
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response
Definition
a reaction to a stimulus
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homeostasis
Definition
regulation of an organism's internal enviroment to maintain conditions suitable for its survival
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energy
Definition
ability to do work
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adaptation
Definition
any stucture, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to respond to stimuli and better survive in an enviroment
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evolution
Definition
the gradual accumilation of adaptations over time
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scientific methods
Definition
the common steps that biologist and other scientists use to gather info and answer questions
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hypothesis
Definition
an explantion for a questiuon or problem that can be formally tested
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experiment
Definition
a proceadure that tests the hypothesis
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control
Definition
a group in which all conditions are kept the same
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independant varible
Definition
the only varible that affects the outcome of the experiment
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dependent varible
Definition
the second condition that results from the change
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data
Definition
info obatined form an experiment
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theory
Definition
an explantion of a natural phenomenon
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technology
Definition
the application of scientific research to society's needs and problems
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