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Hypothesis

________ driven science- explaining nature.

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Evolution

________- process where different kinds of living organisms are develop and diversify from their predecessors.

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Charles

________ darwin theory of evolution- animals evolved from their predecessors.

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Homeostasis

________- organisms have multiple regulatory mechanisms to maintain internal condition, internal functions, and cope with environmental stress for survival.

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Growth

________ and development- ________ results in the addition of mass to an organism, and the formation of new cells and structures.

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Biology

________- The study of life.

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Biosphere

________- highest level of life.

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Ecology

________- study of ecosystems.

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Reproduction

________- organisms can reproduce.

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Dynamics

________ of an ecosystem- recycling of chemical nutrients and unidirectional flow of energy.

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Food chain

________- how every living thing gets food and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature.

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Discovery science

________- describes life at many levels from ecosystems down to cells and molecules.

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Science

________- the approach to understanding the natural world that is based on inquiry.

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Scientific theory

________- a tested explanation for a set of proven hypotheses.

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Order

________- organisms are highly organized coordinated structures that have one or more cells.

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Energy

________ processing- All organisms use a source of energy for their metabolic activities.

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Abiotic organisms

________- nonliving things.

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Biotic organisms

________- living things.

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Natural selection

________- animals who adapt the best survive.

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Hypothesis

________- a non- definite explanation for something thats observable, or an educated guess for a possible cause for something.

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Evolution

________- change in animals overtime.

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Biology

The study of life

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Science

the approach to understanding the natural world that is based on inquiry

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Discovery science

describing nature

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Hypothesis driven science

explaining nature

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Discovery science

describes life at many levels from ecosystems down to cells and molecules

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Hypothesis

a non-definite explanation for something thats observable, or an educated guess for a possible cause for something

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Scientific theory

a tested explanation for a set of proven hypotheses

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Order

organisms are highly organized coordinated structures that have one or more cells

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Homeostasis

organisms have multiple regulatory mechanisms to maintain internal condition, internal functions, and cope with environmental stress for survival

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Growth and development

growth results in the addition of mass to an organism, and the formation of new cells and structures

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Energy processing

All organisms use a source of energy for their metabolic activities

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Response to environment

movement towards a stimulus is a positive response, movement away from a stimulus is a negative response

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Reproduction

organisms can reproduce

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Evolution

process where different kinds of living organisms are develop and diversify from their predecessors

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Biosphere

highest level of life

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Cell

lowest level of life

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Biotic organisms

living things

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abiotic organisms

nonliving things

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ecology

study of ecosystems

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dynamics of an ecosystem

recycling of chemical nutrients and unidirectional flow of energy

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food chain

how every living thing gets food and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature

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kingdom plantae(plants)

uses photosynthesis

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kingdom fungi (fungi)

are decomposers

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kingdom animalia (animals)

eat to get energy

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evolution

change in animals overtime

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charles darwin theory of evolution

animals evolved from their predecessors

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natural selection

animals who adapt the best survive

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artificial selection

selective breeding by humans

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scientific method

observation, question, create hypothesis, test hypothesis, results, draw conclusions, communicate results

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prokaryotic cells

simple and smaller, has no nucleus, in bacteria

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eukaryotic cells

larger and more complex, has a nucleus, in plants and animals

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3 domains of life

bacteria, archaea, eukarya

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bacteria and archaea

have prokaryotic cells

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eukarya

have eukaryotic cells

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eukarya include:

plants and animals

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