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| the study of science The study of living things |
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| The Eight Characteristics of Life |
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Made of one or more cells
Displays organization
Grows and develops
Reproduces
Responds to stimuli and adapts
Requires energy
Maintains homeostasis
Adaptations evolve over time |
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| occurs at the molecular and cellular level and includes |
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| different cells perform different functions for the organism |
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| cells contain specialized structures to carry out the cells life processes. |
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| results in the addition of mass and size to an organism and, in many organisms, the formation of new cells and new structures. |
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| change in form during an organism’s lifetime |
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| organisms produce new organisms like themselves |
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| Anything that is part of the internal or external environments and causes some sort of reaction by the organism |
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| The reaction to a stimulus |
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| any inherited characteristic that results from changes to a species over time |
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| Regulation of an organism’s internal conditions to maintain life |
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| a body of knowledge based on the study of nature |
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| a broad and comprehensive statement of what is thought to be true. Formed after repeated testing of hypotheses and does have some proven facts to support it. Change with new information. |
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| a statement that always applies under the same conditions. A theory that has been tested many times and is always true |
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| is a process by which the procedures used during an experiment and the results are evaluated by other who are in the same field or who are conducting similar research |
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| uses units with divisions that are powers of ten. |
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| a testable explanation of a situation. |
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| the group exposed to the factor being tested. |
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| variable—only one factor in a controlled experiment can change at a time |
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| results from or depends on changes to the independent variable |
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| information gained from observations |
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| what does biology include |
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Study the origins and history of life and once-living things
Study the structures of living things
Study how living things interact with one another
Study how living things function |
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Study the diversity of life
Research diseases
Develop technologies
Improve agriculture
Preserve the environment |
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| cells- tissues- organs- organ system- organism |
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| Most plants and some unicellular organisms use light energy from the Sun to make their own food and fuel their activities |
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| Organisms that cannot make their own food get energy by consuming other organisms |
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ask a question
form a hypothesis
collect the data |
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