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| anecdotal evidence | A description of an event that is used to make a point. |
| biogeography | The study of the distribution of living organisms. |
| ecology | the study of the interactions of organisms with each other and the environment |
| evidence | Something that gives us grounds for knowing of the existence or presence of something else. |
| life science | The study of living organisms and how they interact with each other and their environment. |
| population biology | The study of the biodiversity, evolution, and environmental biology of populations of organisms. |
| science | A way of knowing about the physical world, based on observable evidence, testing predictions, and reasoning. |
| scientific theory | Well established and tested explanations of observations; produced through repeated studies, usually performed and confirmed by many individuals. |
| applied science | The application of science to practical problems. |
| basic science | Research whose goal is just to find out how the world works, not to solve an urgent problem. Basic research is the source of most new scientific information and nearly all new theories. |
| falsifiable | Testable. If a hypothesis generates predictions that can be shown to be true or false by experiment or observation, the hypothesis is "falsifiable" or "testable." |
| hypothesis | A proposed explanation for something that is testable. |
| predict | To say what will happen in a given situation. A scientific prediction is different from an everyday prediction, like predicting the weather before it happens. A scientific prediction is related to a specific hypothesis. |
| scientific method | A careful way of asking and answering questions to learn about the physical world that is based on reason and observable evidence. |
| constraints | These are limitations in which you must operate. |
| criteria | These are certain obligations that must be met in order to get a result; requirements that must be met. |
| electron microscope | Used to create high magnification (magnified many times) and high resolution (very clear) images. |
| microscope | A set of lenses used to look at things too small to be seen by the unaided eye. |
| light microscope | A microscope that focuses light, usually through a glass lens; used by biologists to visualize small details of biological specimens. |
| scanning acoustic microscope | A microscope that focuses sound waves instead of light. |
| biohazard | Is any biological material, such as infectious material that poses a potential to human health, animal health, or the environment. |
| pathogen | A disease causing agent. |
| teratogen | a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects. |
| carcinogen | Cancer-causing agent |
| toxin | poison produced by an organism. |
| microscopy | All the methods for studying things using microscopes. |
| Leeuwenhoek | invented the microcsope |
| Hooke | discovered/used the term "cell." |
| radiotelemtry device | a device used to track organisms by using radio waves. |
