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biodiversity

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the difference in the organisms that make up the biosphere

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biosphere

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all living things and all the places they are found make up the biosphere

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species

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One definition of species is a particular type of living things that can reproduce by interbreeding among themselves

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biology

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the study of all living things on earth

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organism

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any individual living thing

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cell

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basic unit of life

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metabolism

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the build up or break down of materials

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deoxyribonucleic

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the genetic material found in all living things

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system

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a group of individual parts that work together to form a whole

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ecosystem

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is a physical environment with different species that interact with one another and with nonliving things

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homeostasis

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the constant temperature internally in a living organism

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evolution

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evolution is a change in the genetic makeup of a subgroup, or population, of a species

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adaptation

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An inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed on to future generations

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observation

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using our senses to study the world

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data

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observations that can be recorded and analyzed

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hypothosis

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a proposed answer for a scientific question

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independent variable

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the part of an experiment that can be manipulated or changed by the scientist

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dependent variable

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the part of the experiment that depends upon the manipulation in the independent variable

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consant

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the part in the experiment that does not change

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theory

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an explanation that is composed of a wide range of observations experiments and data

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microscope

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a machine that provides an enlarged picture of something

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gene

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a segment of DNA that stores genetic information

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molecular genetics

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The study and manipulation of DNA on a molecular level

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genomics

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The study and comparison of genomes both within and across specimens

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biotechnology

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the use and application of living things and biological processes

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transgenic organisms

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Organisms that have genes from more than one species, or have altered copies of their own genes