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The Science of Biology. Remember to wait for the vocabulary word to pop up! Can you guess it before it comes up? **Indicates Bonus (and important) Vocabulary!. PB 20 09. Science. Organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world. Observation.
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The Science of Biology Remember to wait for the vocabulary word to pop up! Can you guess it before it comes up? **Indicates Bonus (and important) Vocabulary! PB 20 09
Science Organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world
Observation Process of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way
Hypothesis Possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question
Inference **Idea based on what is already known
Controlled Experiment Experiment in which only one variable is changed 1
Control Group Group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable
Independent Variable **Factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely changes
Dependent Variable **Factor in an experiment that a scientist wants to observe, which may change in response to the manipulated variable
Data Evidence; information gathered from observations
Theory Well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses and enables scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations
Bias Particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific Scientific
Biology Scientific study of life
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Genetic material that organisms inherit from their parents
Stimulus signal to which an organism responds
2 2 Sexual Reproduction **Process by which two cells from different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism 2
2 2 Asexual Reproduction **Process by which a single parent reproduces by itself A = 1
Homeostasis Relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain
Metabolism The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials
Evolve **Change over time
Biosphere Part of the Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
Metric System **Decimal system of measurement based on certain physical standards and scaled on multiples of 10 deca - 10 hecto - 100 kilo - 1000 deci—.1 centi—.01 milli—.001