A secondary experiment that is identical to the first, bar the single experimental variable being tested.
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Cellular respiration
The process of releasing energy from food molecules using oxygen.
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Natural selection
Individuals with features most suited to their environment survive and pass those features down to their offspring.
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Hypothesis
A potential justification /explanation for things that are observed.
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Peptide bonds
The chemical links between amino acids in proteins.
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Speculations
Suggestions on what may be occurring based on results.
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Phylogeny
The study of evolutionary relationships between organisms.
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Biology
The study of living organisms.
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Photosynthesis
The process of making the organic compound glucose with a by- product of oxygen, using carbon dioxide, sunlight and water by plants.
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Independent
________ variable- the variable that is being tested.
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Proteomics
________- the study of all proteins in an organism.
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Scientific classification
The hierarchy of names based on phylogenetic relationships that encompasses all organisms.
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Scientific method
________ is used to design and perform experimental investigations.
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Conclusion
________- statement based on the observations and measurements.
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Polysaccharides
________ are many sugars joined together.
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Heat capacity
The amount of heat needed to change the temperature of an amount of matter by 1°C.
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Carbon dioxide
________ is converted into energy by plants in photosynthesis, and returned to the environment through organic material decay and as a result of cellular respiration.
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Nitrogen fixation
________ process of converting atmospheric nitrogen into compounds that plants can be used.
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Monosaccharides
Subunits of carbohydrates; simple sugars.
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Carbohydrates
Compounds made out of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
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Biology
The study of living organisms
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Theory
If the hypothesis has been proven as correct under all the conditions that it has been tested in, it becomes this (AKA principle)
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Independent variable
The variable that is being tested
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Dependent variable
The variable that is being measured when the independent variable changes
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Controlled variable
The variables that are kept constant between experiments
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Control group
A secondary experiment that is identical to the first, bar the single experimental variable being tested
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Speculations
Suggestions on what may be occurring based on results
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Conclusion
Statement based on the observations and measurements
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Biological principles
Theories that are supported by immense amounts of evidence, that make it unlikely for it to be disproved in the future
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Cell theory
A theory which states that all organisms are made of cells, that all cells come from pre-existing cells, and that the cell is the smallest living organisational unit
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Phylogeny
study of evolutionary relationships between organisms
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Scientific classification
Hierarchy of names based on phylogenetic relationships that encompasses all organisms
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Natural selection
Individuals with features most suited to their environment survive and pass those features down to their offspring
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Organic compounds
Complex compounds composed of carbon and hydrogen that are produced or found in living organisms
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Inorganic compounds
All other compounds that are not formed of carbon and hydrogen
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Surface tension
Bonds between the surface of molecules
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Heat capacity
The amount of heat needed to change the temperature of an amount of matter by 1°C
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Cellular respiration
The process of releasing energy from food molecules using oxygen
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Photosynthesis
The process of making the organic compound glucose with a by-product of oxygen, using carbon dioxide, sunlight and water by plants
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Lipids
Fat and oil molecules that store energy
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Peptide bonds
The chemical links between amino acids in proteins
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Vitamins
Organic materials used by animals in small amounts
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interior fluid
All cells have a cell membrane that encloses the ________, cytoplasm.
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Valid conclusions
________ depend on reliability of results and their interpretations.
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chemical reactions
As ________ occur in the body produce heat, water present in the body can absorb said heat without heating the cells up significantly.
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DNA
________ contains instructions to assemble new proteins from amino acids.
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Waste
________ is produced as a result of the latter processes.
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Mineral ions
________ (mineral salts) are retrieved from weathered rocks and absorbed into plant roots.
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Observations
________ can reveal how organisms function and how they interact with others + the environment.
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