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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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