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| The goal of science is to investigate and understand the natural world, to explain events in the natural world, and to use those explanations to make useful predictions. |
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| is an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world. |
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| The process of gathering information about events or processes in a careful, orderly way. |
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| The information gathered from observations. |
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| a logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience. |
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| a proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations. |
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| what is the goal of science? |
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| to investigate and understand nature. |
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| how do scientists test a hypothesis? aka. controlled experiment. |
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| by only changing one variable at a time, the others should remained unchanged. |
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| the idea that life could arise from nonliving matter. |
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| the type of experiment that is deliberately changed. |
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| the variable that changes in response to the manipulated variable. |
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| a well supported hypothesis |
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| the science that seeks to understand the living world. |
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| characteristics of a living things- |
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-made up of units called cells.
-reproduce
-are based on a universal genetic code
-grow and develop
-obtain and use materials and energy
-respond to there environment
-maintain stable internal environment |
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| cells from two different parents produce the cell of a new organism. |
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| the new organism has a single parent. |
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| a collection of living matter enclosed barrier |
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| the combination of chemical reactions though which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life process |
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| a signal to which an organism responds. |
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| the process where organisms must keep internal conditions, such as temperature and water content. |
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| the ability of a group if organisms to change overtime. |
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| the part of the earth that contains all ecosystems |
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| community and its non living surroundings |
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| group of organisms of one type that live in the same area |
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| populations that live together in a defined area |
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| tissue, organs, and organ systems |
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| groups of atoms; smallest unit of most chemical compounds |
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| a decimal system of measurement whose units are based on certain physical standers and are scaled on multiples of 10 |
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| when the cell is able to reproduce making a group of cells |
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| separating the different cells |
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