Definition Chapter 1

Vocabulary and test questions.

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Adaptation
Inherited characteristic of a species that develops over time in responce to an environmental factor, enabling the species to survive.
Biology
Science of life; examines how living things interact, how systems function,and how they function at a molecular level.
Contrant
A factor that remains fixed during an experiment while the independent and dependent variables change.
Control group
In a controlled experiment, the group not receiving the factor being tested.
Data
Quantitative or qualitative information gained from scientific investigation.
Dependent variable
Factor being measured in a controlled experiment; its value changes because of changes to the independent variable.
Development
Changes an organism undergoes in its lifetime before reaching its adult form.
Ethics
A set of values
Experiment
Procedure performed in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis and collect precise data.
Experimental group
In a controlled experiment, the group receiving the factor being tested.
Forensics
The feild of study that applies science to matters of legal interest and other areas such as archaelogy.
Growth
Process that results in mass being added to an organism; may include formation of new cells and new structures.
Homeostasis
Regulation of an orrganism's internal environment to maintain conditions needed for life.
Hypothesis
Testable explanation of a situation.
Independent variable
The one factor that can be changes in a controlled experiment outcome