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| 1271446495 | Eukaryotic Cell | A type of cell with a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. Organisms with this type of cell (protists, plants, fungi, and animals) are called eukaryotes. | 1 | |
| 1271446496 | DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) | A double-stranded, helical nucleic acid molecule, consisting of nucleotide monomers with a deoxyribose sugar and the nitrogenous bases adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T); capable of being replicated and determining the inherited structure of a cell's proteins. | 2 | |
| 1271446497 | Deductive Reasoning | A type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a general premise. | 3 | |
| 1271446498 | Technology | An application of scientific knowledge for a specific purpose, often involving industry or commerce but also including uses in basic research. | 4 | |
| 1271446499 | Gene | A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA (or RNA, in some viruses). | 5 | |
| 1271446500 | Inductive Reasoning | A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations. | 6 | |
| 1271446501 | Controlled Experiment | An experiment in which an experimental group is compared with a control group that varies only in the factor being tested. | 7 | |
| 1271446502 | Data | Recorded observations. | 8 | |
| 1271446503 | Discovery Science | The process of scientific inquiry that focuses on describing nature. | 9 | |
| 1271446504 | Inquiry | The search for information and explanation, often focused by specific questions. | 10 | |
| 1271446505 | Positive Feedback | A physiological control mechanism in which a change in a variable triggers mechanisms that amplify the change. | 11 | |
| 1271446506 | Negative Feedback | A primary mechanism of homeostasis, whereby a change in a physiological variable triggers a response that counteracts the initial change. | 12 | |
| 1271446507 | Bioinformatics | The use of computers, software, and mathematical models to process and integrate biological information from large data sets. | 13 | |
| 1271446508 | Genome | The genetic material of an organism or virus; the complete complement of an organism's or virus's genes along with its noncoding nucleic acid sequences. | 14 | |
| 1271446509 | Prokaryotic Cell | A type of cell lacking a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. Organisms with this type of cell (bacteria and archaea) are called prokaryotes. | 15 | |
| 1271446510 | Biology | The scientific study of life. | 16 | |
| 1271446511 | Model | A representation of a theory or process. | 17 | |
| 1271446512 | Evolution | Descent with modification; the idea that living species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from the present-day ones; also defined more narrowly as the change in the genetic composition of a population from generation to generation. | 18 | |
| 1271446513 | Systems Biology | An approach to studying biology that aims to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems. | 19 | |
| 1271446514 | Emergent Properties | New properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases. | 20 | |
| 1271446515 | Hypothesis | A tentative answer to a well-framed question, narrower in scope than a theory and subject to testing. | 21 |
