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| Anything that possesses all the characterists of life |
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| Orderly structure of cells in an organism; a characteistic of all living things |
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| The production of offspring |
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| A group of organisms that can interbred and produce fertile offspring in nature |
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| In crease in the amount of living material and formation of new structures in an organism |
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| Biotic and abiotic surrondings to which an organism must constantly adjust; includes air, water, weather, temperature, other organisms, and many other factors |
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| Any condition in the environment that requires an organism to adjust |
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| A characteristic of life because it is a process that occurs in all living things. |
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| Any structure, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to response to stimuli and better survive in an environment |
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| The gradual accumulation of adaptations over time |
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| Common steps that biolgists and other scientists use to gather information and answer questions |
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| An explanation for a question or a problem that can be formally tested |
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| A procedure that tests a hypothesis by the process of collecting information under controlled conditions. |
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| The condition in an experiment that is changed. |
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| this condition results from the change of the independent variable |
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