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Biology Vocab words

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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Biology Vocab words

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Hypothesis:
testable explanation of a situation.

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Serendipity:
occurrence of accidental or unexpected but fortunate results.

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Control group:
the group in the experiment that does not change in any way.

Experimental group:
the group that gets the variable being tested.

Independent variable:
The variable that is changed or controlled by the experiment (x-axis).

Dependent variable:
the variable that changed as a result of the independent variable(y-axis).

Constant:
control variable- - - things that are the same.

Characteristics of life:
the eight things that living things have.

Asexual reproduction :
produces clones and does not require gametes

Homeostasis:
regulation of an organism's internal conditions to maintain life.