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| the study of living organisms and life's processes. It is the study of life |
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| in scientific experiemtns, a group of subjects that undergoes all the steps in the experiment except the one being tested. It is used to evaluate all possible factors that might influence the experiment other than the experimental treatment. |
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| carefully planned and executed manipulation of the natural world to test your prediction |
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| in a controlled experiment, the group of subjects that receives the experimental treatment |
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| the maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment |
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| a tentative statement about the natural world. Importantly, it is a statement that can lead to testable deductions |
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| the study of the natural world, which includes all matter and all energy |
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| the process of science, or the way scientific knowledge is aquired |
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| a broad hypothesis that has been extensively tested and supported over time and that explains a broad range of scientific facts with a high degree of reliability |
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| factors that might vary during the course of the experiment |
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