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| organism | Anything that has or once had all of the 8 characteristics of life. |
| growth | The addition of mass to an organism |
| development | The process of natural changes that take place during the life of an organism. |
| species | A group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring. |
| homeostasis | Regulation of an organisms internal environment to maintain life. |
| adaptation | Any inherited characteristic that results from changes in a species over time. |
| science | A body of knowledge based on the study of the natural world. |
| theory | An explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by many observations and experimentation over time. |
| law | Describes relationships under certain conditions in nature. |
| ethics | A set of moral principles or values. |
| infer | The process of combining what you know with what you have learned to draw logical conclusions. |
| experiment | An investigation of a phenomenon in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis |
| control group | The group used for comparison that receives no experimental treatment. |
| independent variable | The variable that is changed |
| dependent variable | What is measured in an experiment |
| data | Information gathered from observations and experimentation |
| qualitative | Descriptions of what our sense detect |
| quantitative | Numerical data such as time, temperature, length, mass, area, volume and density. |
| metric system (SI) | An internation system of measurement based on powers of 10 |
| peer review | A process by which the procedures and results of an experiment are evaluated by other scientists. |
| biology | The study of life |
| organization | Arranged in an orderly way |
| reproduction | The production of offspring |
| stimulus | Anything that is part of either environment that causes some sort of reaction |
| response | The reaction to a stimulus |
| scientific method | methods used to gather information and answer questions |
| observation | the first step in scientific inquiry |
| hypothesis | a testable explanation of a situation |
| experimental group | the group exposed to the factor being tested |
| constant | a factor that remains fixed during an experiment |
| serendipity | the occurrence of accidental or unexpected but fortunate results |
