ADAPTATION “/” Organism’s modification in structure, function, or behavior suitable
to the environment.
TAXONOMY “/” Branch of biology concerned with identifying, describing, and naming
organisms.
BIOSPHERE “/” The portion of the surface of the earth where living things exist,
DATA “/” Pieces of information collected through observation of an experiment.
CONTROL “/” Sample that goes through all the steps of an experiment but lacks the
factor that is being tested.
CELL “/” Smallest structure capable of performing all the functions necessary for life.
EVOLUTION “/” Changes that occur in the members of a species with the passage of
time, often resulting in increased adaptation of the organism to the environment.
HOMEOSTASIS – The internal environment remains the same despite an ever changing
external environment.
THEORY “/” Conclusions based on a large number of experiments and observation using
the scientific method
HYPOTHESIS “/” Statement that is capable of explaining the data and is used to predict
the outcome of an experiment.
ECOSYSTEM “/” Where populations interact with each other and with the environment.
DOMAIN “/” Examples are Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
COMMUNITY “/” Populations interact with one another in the same environment.
SPECIES “/” Group of organisms that have the capability to produce fertile offspring.
SCIENTIFIC METHOD “/” Process used by scientist to formulate a hypothesis, gather
data, and come to a conclusion.
POPULATION “/” All the members of the same species that inhabits a particular area.
DEVELOPMENT “/” All the changes that take place during the life of an organism.
BINOMIAL “/” The first word is the genus, and the second word is the specific epithet of
a species within a genus.
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