Definitions

Provisional

willing to revise perception based on new facts

Contingency

dependent on occurrence of certain events

Theory

conceptual framework

Biosphere

regions of Earth’s surface where life can be found

Biome

area with characteristic composition of living and nonliving things

Community

collection of organisms living together

Population

all members of species in an ecosystem

Superorganism

many individuals serve to promote needs of those that can reproduce

Organism

functional reproductive unit

Organ/Organ System

made of distinct groups of tissue, forming functional units

Tissue

group of cells with same general structure and developmental processes

Cell

basic unit of life on Earth

Organelle/Cellular Structure

component of cells that are made up and contribute to the production of molecules

Molecule

building block and fuel for cells

Atom

fundamental chemical unit

Function

consequence/outcome of structure