Biology Basics (full list)

development

change in skills or abilities

growth

addition of mass

homeostasis

condition of a stable internal environment in an organism

organism

an individual living thing

reproduction

process by which living things produce new organisms of their own kind

response

reaction to a stimulus

stimulus

signal to which we respond

control

standard used for comparison of test results in an experiment

data

individual facts, statistics or items of information

observation

act or instance of noticing or perceiving

dependent variable

in an experiment, the factor whose value changes because of a change in the independent variable.

independent variable

the experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied

hypothesis

possible explanation for an observed set of facts

experiment

organized procedure of testing a hypothesis; tests the effect of one thing on another under controlled conditions

constants

factors that are the same in the control and the experiment

scientific method

organized series of events in scientific inquiry

inference

process of drawing a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning

metabolism

chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life

sexual reproduction

process where cells from two individual parents combine to create a new organism

asexual reproduction

process where a single organism produces genetically identical offspring

cell

smallest structures that are considered to be alive

evolution

process where species change over long periods of time

catabolic metabolism

process that breaks molecules apart and releases energy

anabolic metabolism

process that builds molecules up and uses energy

prokaryotic cell

cells that lack a nucleus and other organelles

eukaryotic cell

cells that have a nucleus and membrane bound organelles