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| Qualitative data | A form of data that is a descriptive measurement |
| Quantitative data | A form of data that is a specific numerical measurement |
| Experiment | A controlled situation where data is gathered to answer a question |
| Knowledge | The understanding of information |
| Hypothesis | A proposed explanation or prediction of an event (eg. An experiment) based on research and current knowledge |
| Inference | Applying a reason or explanation to an observation based on past experiences and known facts |
| Observation | Use senses and tools to notice something significant |
| Variables | A component of an experiment that changes or can be changed |
| Controls | A component of an experiment that stays the same |
| Independent variable | One thing that is changed in the experiment |
| Dependent variable | The thing that you measure in the experiment |
| Controlled/constant variable | All the things that remain the same in the experiment |
| Carnivore | an animal that eats only meat |
| Community | a group of animals or plants that live or grow together |
| Consumer | an organism that obtains food from consuming other organic material |
| Ecosystem | the living and non-living components of a specific area |
| Environment | the air, water and land conditions in which an organism lives |
| Herbivore | an animal that eats only plants |
| Individual | a single organism |
| Omnivore | an animal that is naturally able to eat both plants and meat |
| Population | all organisms of a particular type or group who live in one area |
| Producer | an organism capable of producing food from photosynthesis |
| Symbiosis | a relationship between two types of living things that help at least one of them survive |
| Apex Predator | The top animal in the food chain |
| Binomial Nomenclature | a system of naming in which two names are used to identify an individual species of organism (Genus written in Capital letter and lower case letter for the species) |
| Cell | smallest unit of living organism |
| Cell Theory | All living organisms are made up of one or more cells, new cells are made from pre-existing cells, cells are the basic functional unit |
| Classification | the grouping of similar objects or organisms together |
| Dichotomous Key | a tool that allows a scientist to identify an organism from a series of two option choices |
| Ectotherm | a cold-blooded organism that cannot regulate its internal temperature |
| Endoskeleton | Internal skeleton |
| Endotherm | a warm-blooded organism that can regulate its body temperature |
| Exoskeleton | external skeleton |
| Eukaryote | has a nucleus (true nucleus) |
| Invertebrate | does not have a backbone |
| Kingdoms | broadest group in classification |
| Multicellular | more than one cell |
| Nucleus | control centre of the cell, contains the genetic material |
| Organism | living things |
| Prokaryote | does not have a nucleus (before nucleus) |
| Protist | any eukaryotic organism (that is, an organism whose cells contain a cell nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus |
| Taxonomy | a branch of science that groups organisms |
| Unicellular | one cell |
| Vertebrate | has a backbone |
