Biology Vocab quiz ch.1
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- developement
- changes that take place during the life of an organism.
- control
- part of an experiment that is the standard against which results are compared.
- response
- rereaction to a stimulus.
- theory
- explanation of a natural phenomenon that is supported by a large body of scientific evidence obtained from many diff. investigations and observations.
- adaptation
- any inherited structure, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to respond to environmental factors and live to produce offspring.
- data
- info. obtained by investigation.
- energy
- ability to cause change.
- reproduction
- production of offspring by an organism; a characteristic of all living things.
- organizations
- an orderly structure.
- homeostasis
- regulation of an organisms internal environment to maitain conditions for survival.
- technology
- application of scientific research to societies needs and problems.
- organism
- anything that posses all the characteristics of life.
- environment
- biotic and abiotic surroundings to which an organism must constantly adjust; includes air, water, weather, temp, other organisms, and many other factors.
- ethics
- moral principles and values held by humans.
- biology
- concepts, principles, and theorys that allow people to understand the natural environment.
- growth
- an increase in the amount of living material and the formation of new structures.
- experiment
- investigation that tests a hypothesis by the process of collecting info. under controlled conditions.
- dependent variable
- changes in it depend on changes made in independent variable.
- stimulus
- anything in an organisms internal or external environment that causes them to react.
- independent variable
- only factor that affects the outcome of the experiment.
- hypothesis
- an explanation for a question or a problem that can be formally tested.
- evolution
- gradual change in a species through adaptations over time.
- safety symbol
- symbol that warns you about a danger that may exist from chemicals, electricity, heat, or procedures.
- species
- group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring in nature.