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| Biology | the study of living things and the way that living things interact with everything around them |
| Cell | in biology |
| Reproduction | the process of making offspring |
| Metabolism | all of the chemical activities that happen in a living thing |
| Homeostasis | a state of balance within a living thing even when everything around it changes |
| Heredity | the passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| Evolution | a change in the characteristics of a population from one generation to the next |
| Species | a group of living things that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring |
| Ecology | the study of how living things interact with each other and with everything around them |
| Observation | the process of gathering information by using the senses |
| Hypothesis | a tentative explanation that is based on previous scientific research or observations and that can be tested |
| Prediction | a statement made in advance that expresses the results that will be obtained from testing a hypothesis if the hypothesis is supported |
| Experiment | a procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to discover |
| Control Group | in an experiment |
| Independent Variable | in an experiment |
| Dependent Variable | in an experiment |
| Theory | an explanation for some phenomenon that is based on much observation |
