Dual Credit Biology Final review

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Control

unchanged variable

Experimental variable or independent variable

changed variable

Hypothesis

Educated guess, must be tested

Experiment

How we test hypothesis

Data

Information taken from experiment, supports theory

Theory

Addresses direct question, supported by data

Deductive reasoning

general to specific

• Sentence typically starts with ¨All¨

Inductive reasoning

Specific to general

• Sentence typically ends with ¨all¨

Natural Selection

Organism’s physical traits determine success

Artificial Selection

Humans breed for certain traits

Homologous structures

physical features in different species that are similar because they share a common ancestor, even though they may have different functions

Analogous Structures

body parts in different species that have similar functions

Metabolism

Energy processing

• autotrophic- makes own energy to use photosynthesis