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Bio Terms - Prologue

9/18/02

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AIDSAcquire Immune Deficiency Syndrome - caused by HIV virus that attacks and destroys immune system
DarwinBritich naturalist and theory stated that new forms of life are produced by means of natural selection
contolled experimentA controlled experiment has two groups of experimentation. The first group is say a liquid and the other group will be water to compare what happens.
DNAdeoxyribonucleic acid - hereditary material of most organisms
EPOEurithropuriton
Experimental groupA group of items in which an experriment will be done to
hGHhuman growth hormone- a protein that controls growth that is made by a small gland in the brain called the pituilitary gland
HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS
HypothesisExplanations that are testable through expirimentation
VariationsNaturally occuring variations or small differences occur within populations
AdaptationsCharactersistics that increse the chances that an organism will survive and reproduce in its particualr environment
Natural SelectionNew forms of life are produced by means of natural selection, the survival and reproducing of organisms that are best suited to their environment "survival of the fitest"
Opportunistic infectionHIV- Takes control of a weak organ and makes it weak then a little opoptunistic affection could be lethal.
Quantitative dataData that is accurate.
RNArobonucleic acid - similar to dna but has ribose instead of deoxyribose
controlA group of a controlled experiment that is used to compare with the experimental group.
Theoryexplains explain current observations and predicts new observations.
VaccineGive a little amount of a disease via a needle allowing the bodies immune system to become immune to the disease.
VariableA variable is something that can change,
infernenceSomething thast you have learned from an article that was not stated
observationWatch an experiment and record what you see or hear.
LamarckDeveloped the cell theory and was the first to use the word cell
pseudoscienceFalse Science
qualitativeDAta that is real


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