| A | B |
| biology | study of life or all living things |
| stimulus | something that reacts to the enviroment |
| Homeostasis | regulation of the internal condition |
| adaption | a structure that modifies to fit a change |
| Theory | an explanation of a natural phenomenon based on many observations |
| Constant | a factor that remains fixed during an experiment |
| qualitative data | data collected as numbers |
| quantitative data | data collected by our senses |
| observation | direct information gathered |
| inference | assuption based on prior experience |
| hypothesis | testable explanation of a situation |
| control group | a group that does not receive the factor being tested |
| experimental group | a group that is exposed to the thing being tested |
| independent variable | the one factor that can be changed in a controlled experiment |
| dependent variable | factor being measured in a controlled experiment |