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Organism

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Anything that has or once had all characteristics of life

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Biology

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The study of life

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Organization

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Arranged in an orderly way

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Growth

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Results in the addition of mass organism and in many organism the formation of new cells and new structures

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Development

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The process of natural changes that take place during the life of an organism

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Reproduction

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The production of offspring

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Species

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A group of organisms That can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring

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Stimulus

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Anything that is part of either environment and causes some sort of reaction by the organism

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Response

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The reaction to a stimulus

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Homeostasis

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Regulation of an organisms internal conditions to maintain life

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Adaptation

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Any inherited characteristic that results in changes in species overtime

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Science

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A body of knowledge based on the study of the natural world

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Theory

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An explanation of natural phenomena supported by many observations and experiments over time

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Law

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It describes relationships under certain conditions in nature

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Peer review

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A process by which the procedures and results of an experiment Are evaluated by other scientists
The same field or who are conducting similar research

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Ethics

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A set of moral principles or values

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Observation

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A direct method of gathering information and orderly way

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Inferences

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The process of combining what you know with what you have learned to draw a logical conclusions is called inferring the conclusions themselves are call inferences

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Scientific methods

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Message used to gather information and to answer questions

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Hypothesis

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A testable explanation of the situation

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Experiment

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An investigation testing a phenomenon in a controlled environment to test the hypothesis

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Control group

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An experiment that is used for comparison

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Experimental group

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The group exposed to the factor being tested

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Independent variable

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It is a tested factor that might affect the outcome of the experiment

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Dependent variable

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The factor that changes due to the change of the independent variable

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Constant

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The factor that stays the same

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Data

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Information gained from observation

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Metric system

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The general conference of weights and measures established in the unit standards of the metric system in 1960

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SI

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The system is called the international System of units

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Ecology

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The scientific discipline and wish the relationships among living organisms and interaction the organisms have with their environment our study

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Biosphere

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The portion of earth that supports life

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Biotic factors

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The living factors in an organisms environment

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Abiotic factors

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The nonliving factors in an organisms environment

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Population

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Individual organisms of a single species that share the same geographical location at the same time

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Biological community

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A group of interacting populations at occupy the same geographic area the same time

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Ecosystem

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A biological community and all that abiotic factors that affect it

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Biome

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A large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities

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Habitat

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An area where an organism

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Niche

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The role or position than organism has in its environment

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Predation

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The act of one organism pursuing and consuming another organism for food

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Symbiosis

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The close relationship that this went to a more species live togethert

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Mutualism

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The relationship between two or more organisms that live closer together and benefit from each other

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Commensalism

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A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is neither helped nor harmed

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