1.3-1.4 Bio Vocab.
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- data
- observations and measurements recorded during an experiment
- experiment
- process that tests a hypothesis by collecting info. under controlled conditions
- molecular genetics
- study of DNA structure and function on the molecular level
- observation
- using the senses to study the world; using tools to collect measurements;examining previous research results
- gene
- specific region of DNA that codes for a particular protein
- microscope
- tool that provides an enlarged image of an object
- hypothesis
- proposed explanation or answer to a scientific question
- constant
- conditon that is controlled so that it does not change during an experiment
- theory
- proposed explanation for a wide variety of observations and experimental results
- genomics
- study and comparison of genomes within a single species or among different species
- independent variable
- condtions or factors that is manipulated by a scientist during an experiment
- dependent variable
- experimental data collected through observation and measurement