1c Flashcards

1
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Information that people collect

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Data

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2
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Data communicated using numbers

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Quantitative data

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3
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Data communicated by using words

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Qualitative data

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4
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An idea that scientists use to explain the data that they have collected

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Theory

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5
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An idea that scientist used to describe what they have observed

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Law

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6
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A simplified explanatory, description, or representation of the world

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Model

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7
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Using a variety of tools and skills to answer a question or solve a problem

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Scientific inquiry

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8
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The way for a scientist to test the way he thinks something works

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Controlled experiment

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9
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Factors that change

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Variables

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10
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Identifies an organism uniquely

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Scientific name

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11
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An explanation that is based on limited observations

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Hypothesis

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12
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The group in a controlled experiment that is not exposed to the independent variable

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Control group

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13
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The group in an experiment that is exposed to the independent variable

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Experimental group

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14
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The science of sorting organisms into groups

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Taxonomy

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15
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Structure that holds and protects DNA for eukaryotic cells

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Nucleus

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16
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Cell with a nucleus

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Eukaryotic cell

17
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Cell with no nucleus

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Prokaryotic cell

18
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An organism that makes its food using energy from its environment

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Autotroph

19
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An organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms

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Heterotroph