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| Ethics | the study of the standards for what is right and what is wrong |
| Technology | the application of science to the needs and problems of society |
| Evolution | the gradual change in characteristics of species over time |
| Homeostasis | an organism's tendency to maintain a stable internal evironment |
| Adaptation | any structure, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to better survive in an environment |
| Reproduction | the process whereby an organism produces more of its own kind |
| Growth and Development | living things change during their lives |
| Response | reaction to a stimulus |
| Independent variable | the factor in an experiment that is changed |
| Dependent variable | factor in an experiment that results from a change being made |
| Inductive reasoning | a particular set of facts are used to formulate a general rule |
| Deductive reasoning | a general rule is applied to a specific case |
| Quantitative data | numerical data |
| Qualitative data | Data that uses descriptive words instead of measurments |
| Control | all conditions are kept the same in this part of an experiment |
| Experiment | procedure used to test a hypothesis |
| Hypothesis | a testable explanation for a question or a problem |
| Scientific Method | steps used to gather information to test a hypothesis |
| Data | information gathered from experiments |
