Vocab #1 Flashcards
(19 cards)
Science of life; examines how living things interact, how systems function, and how they function at a molecular level.
Biology
Anything that had/has all the characteristics of life.
Organism
A group of organisms that can interbreed and create fertile offspring.
Species
Change in internal or external environment that causes a reaction from the organism.
Stimulus
inherited characteristics that developed over time in response to a environmental change
Adaptations
regulation of organisms internal environment to maintain conditions needed for life
homeostasis
relationships under certain conditions in nature
law
explanation of natural phenomenon based on many observations and investigations over time
Theory
a process in which the experiment procedures may be repeated and evaluated by scientists conducting similar research.
peer review
set of guidelines that protect the participant, the environment, and bia’s in experiments.
Ethics
assumptions based on prior research
Inference
testable explanation of situation
Hypothesis
factor that remains the same (fixed) during a experiment while independent n dependent variables change
Constant
group not receiving factor
Control group
factor being measured
dependent variable
revives factor being tested
experimental group
the one factor being controlled in the experiment
Independent variable
measurements system whose divisions in powers of ten
Metric System
system of measurements used (internal system of units)
SI
