Campbell 8e Vocab
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| 187241030 | adaptation | evolution over a long period of time of a population as it becomes better suited to survive | |
| 187241031 | anatomy | the physical structure of an organism | |
| 187241032 | biogenesis | living organisms only come from other living organisms | |
| 187241033 | biology | the study of all living organisms and life processes | |
| 187241034 | biome | a type of community recognized by dominant vegetation and climate | |
| 187241035 | biosphere | a narrow layer around the earth's surface where life can exist | |
| 187241036 | cell | the structural unit of living organisms | |
| 187241037 | cell theory | proposed by Schleiden and Schwann that all living things are composed of cells; later modified with all living cells come from preexisting cells | |
| 187241038 | control treatment | part of an experiment which does not contain the experimental factor | |
| 187241039 | emergent property | a biological property that us the result of interactions between between components that change with the hierarchy; atoms....molecules.....cells...tissues etc. | |
| 187241040 | evolution | the process by which members of a population of organisms come to differ genetically from their ancestors; change in the frequency of one or more alleles in the gene pool of a population from one generation to the next | |
| 187241041 | experimentation | performing tests to show some hypotheses are more or less likely to be incorrect | |
| 187241042 | homeostasis | the act of a living cell keeping its chemical composition within narrow limits; being in "same standing with" or in balance with | |
| 187241043 | human error | unavoidable error which con be diminished by repetition | |
| 187241044 | hypothesis | an educated guess; a possible explanation of an observation | |
| 187241045 | natural selection | the production of more offspring by individuals with some genes than with others | |
| 187241046 | ozone layer | a common poisonous component of smog. O3; help to filter ultraviolet rays from the sun | |
| 187241047 | physiology | study of how organisms carry out various life processes | |
| 187241048 | sampling error | statistical error resulting from too few subjects being tested | |
| 187241049 | scientific method | a formalized way of answering questions about the natural world | |
| 187241050 | scientific theory | comprehensive conceptual frameworks which are well supported by evidence and are widely accepted by the scientific community | |
| 187241051 | symbiosis | members of different species where each supplies the other with food, shelter or transport | |
| 187241052 | taxonomy | branch of biology concerned with the classification of organisms | |
| 187241053 | theory | a hypothesis which can be supported by evidence from repeated experiments | |
| 187241054 | variable | condition of an experiment that is subject to change and that may influence an experiment's outcome |
