What is Science? 1.1

Scientific methodology

________ involves observing and asking questions, making inferences and forming hypotheses, conducting controlled experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions.

Homeostasis

________: a self- regulating process by which biological systems maintain stability while adjusting to changing external conditions.

Science

________ is an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.

Independent variable

________: The thing you change.

Control Variable

________: The thing you keep the same.

Independent variable

The thing you change

Dependent variable

The data you collect

Control Variable

The thing you keep the same

Biotic

Living things

Abiotic

Non-living things

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (Universal Genetic Code)

Homeostasis

a self-regulating process by which biological systems maintain stability while adjusting to changing external conditions