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1. biology the study of living things
2. biologists People that study living things
3. organism living things
4. botany the study of plants
5. anatomy the study of an organism's shape and structure
6. Zoology, botany, micro- the five main branches of biology
biology, ecology, human
anatomy and physiology
7. flora plant life
8. fauna animal life
9. symmetry the ability of an object to be cut into equal halfs
10. bilateral symmetry the simplest symmetry
11. radial symmetry can be cut multiple ways to create mirror halves
12. asymmetry cannot be cut into equal halves
13. environment everything surrounding the organism being
studied
14. terrestrial on earth
15. habitat an organisms home
16. arboreal animals animals that live in trees
17. diurnal animals animals active in the day
18. nocturnal animals animals active at night
19. dormant inactive
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20. aquatic water environments
21. marine life of animals in seas and oceans
22. inter tidal zone the area between the highest and lowest points
that the tide reaches
23. tide pools collections of salt water and sea life that could
not escape when the tide went out
24. thermal vents hot springs in the ocean floor
25. Sir Francis Bacon the Englishman who introduced the scientific
method
26. state the problem first part of the scientific method
27. gather information about second step to the scientific method
the problem
28. formulate a hypothesis third part of the scientific method
29. do the experiment fourth part to the scientific method
30. record and analyze fifth part to the scientific method
31. state the conclusion final part to the scientific method
32. theory a way of explaining and object or even by using
a set of facts
33. law theory that has never been proven false
34. experimental group a group on which a test is performed
35. control group group used as a standard for comparison
36. constants conditions the same in both the control group
and the experimental group
37. variables conditions not the same in all groups
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38. controlled variables conditions in an experiment that are the same
for all groups.
39. one how many variables should we have when test-
ing a hypothesis
40. organized structure, the five main characteristics common to all living
growth, response to things
changes, reproduc-
tion,metabolism
41. John Ray Pioneered the science of taxonomy and origi-
nated the idea of species
42. Kingdom, phylum, class, the seven main levels of taxonomy from least
order, family, genus, specific to most specific
species
43. observing, hypothesizing, the three main parts of any scientific method
experimenting
44. carefully observing nature, What is the purpose of science?
discovering the laws of
creation, and using those
laws for mankind's benefit
45. Nutrients are required to Why are nutrients and water important to the
provide the energy for me- process of metabolism?
tabolism; sufficient water
is required for an organism
to perform metabolism
46. deductive reasoning reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by
stating a general principle and then applying
that principle to a specific case (The sun rises
every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on
Tuesday morning.)
47. inductive reasoning
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A type of logic in which generalizations are
based on a large number of specific observa-
tions.
48. Carolus Linnaeus developed taxonomic system for naming plants
and animals and grouping similar organisms
together
49. model A pattern, plan, representation, or description
designed to show the structure or workings of
an object, system, or concept
50. homeostasis a stable internal condition that a living thing
must maintain to survive
51. Inference A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence
and reasoning
52. Metabolism The sum of all the chemical processes of life
53. Taxonomy The scientific study of how living things are clas-
sified
54. Reproduction the process by which life continues through a
generation of new living things
55. cell The basic unit of structure and function in living
things
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