Bio
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- ecosystem
- a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment
- dependent variable
- the object that changes that depends on the independent
- cell
- a usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane and, in plants, a cell wall; the basic structural unit of all organisms
- data
- recorded observations
- hypothesis
- suggested, testable answer to a well-defined scientific question
- analysis
- the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements
- organ
- A differentiated part of an organism, such as an eye, wing, or leaf, that performs a specific function
- organism
- a form of life considered as an entity; an animal, plant, fungus, protistan, or moneran.
- qualitative data
- descriptive words to describe something
- generalization
- a result of this process; a general statement, idea, or principle.
- controlled experiment
- a trial or experiment that includes a control (comparison) group; also called controlled study; any trial or test of a hypothesis under carefully managed conditions
- tissue
- an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- evidence
- collected body of data from observations and experiments
- conclusion
- the final result
- community
- a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage
- control
- to test or verify
- model
- physical, mental, or mathematical representation of how ppl understand a process or an idea
- inference
- logical conclusion based on observations
- independent variable
- a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables
- theory
- well tested explanation that makes sense of a great variety of scientific observations
- quantitative data
- using numbers to describe
- population
- the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- problem statement
- something with the problem in it
- organ system
- system made up of organs
- prediction
- statement about the future
- biosphere
- the part of the earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life
- observation
- use of the senses