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| Cell | The smallest unit of life |
| Response | the reaction of an organism to a stimulus |
| Virus | A non-living particle consisting of a core of hereditary material surrounded by a protein coat |
| AIDS | Aquired immunodeficiency Syndrom |
| Compound light microscope | Lets light pass through an object and then through 2 or more lenses |
| Electron microscope | Uses a magnectic feild to bend beams of electrons |
| Cell theory | How cells are organized and how cells and organisms reproduce and change through time |
| Diffusion | The net movement of molecules from one area to another |
| Equilibrium | When the molecules of a substance are spread evenly throughout a space |
| Osmosis | The diffusion of water through a cell membrane |
| Active Transport | Requires energy to move materials |
| Passive transport | doesn't use energy to move the materials |
| Host Cell | The cell in which a virus reproduces |
| Vaccine | Is made from damged virus particles that can prevent a virus |
| Homeostasis | The regulation of steady life-maintaining conditions inside an organism or cell despite changes in the environment |
| Development | All the changes undergone by living things as they grow |
| Life Span | The lenth of time and organism is expected to live |
| Abiotic | Non-living features of the environment |
| Biotic | Living organisms in the evironment |
| Spontaneos Generation | The theory that living things come only from other living things |
| Scientific method | Problem-solving procedures used by scientists |
| Hypothesis | A prediction that can be tested |
| Theory | A description of nature based on many observations; subject to change when evidence changes |
| Variable | In an experiment, the factor tested |
| Control | In an experiment, the standard for comparison |
| Law | A rule that describes a pattern in nature and what will happen under certain conditions |
| Biology | The study of life |
| Zoology | The study of animals |
| Botany | The study of Plants |
| Entomology | The study of Insects |
| Icthyology | The study of fish |
| Onithology | The study of birds |
| Herpetology | The study of reptiles and amphibians |
| Mammology | The study of mammals |
| Horticulture | The art of cultivating fruits, flowers, and vegetables |
| Forestry | The science of promoting forest growth |
| Mycology | The study of fungi |
| Microbiology | Deals with living things to small to be seen with the naked eye |
| Biochemistry | The study of substances and their changes in living things |
| Physiology | The study of fuctions of different parts of living things |
| Cytology | The study of cells their functions and structure |
| Genetics | Deals with principles and heredity |
| Ecology | The relantionship of living organisms to their environment and to each other |
| Taxonomy | Is the classification of living things |
| Organism | A living thing that is made up of one or more cells and uses all the features of life |
| Binomial Nomenclature | The 2 word namig systems for organisms |
| Dichotomous key | A more detailed way to classify organisms |
| Phylogeny | The evolutionary history of an organism |
| Classify | To group ideas, information, or objects based on similarities |
