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8649898806Eukaryotic CellA 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.0
8649898807DNA (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.1
8649898808Deductive ReasoningA type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a general premise.2
8649898809Inductive ReasoningA type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations.3
8649898810Prokaryotic CellA type of cell lacking a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles. Organisms with this type of cell (bacteria and archaea) are called prokaryotes.4
8649898811BiologyThe scientific study of life.5
8649898812Emergent PropertiesNew properties that arise with each step upward in the hierarchy of life, owing to the arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases.6
8649898813HypothesisA tentative answer to a well-framed question, narrower in scope than a theory and subject to testing.7
8649898814Evolutionthe process of change that has transformed life on Earth8
8649898815PopulationEvolution is the process of change that has transformed life on Earth9
8649898816Control GroupIn a controlled experiment, the set of subjects that does not receive the set of factors being tested10
8649898817Reductionismapproach of reducing complex systems to simpler components that are more manageable to study11
8649898818Variablea factor that varies in an experiment12
8649898819CommunityAll of the organisms that inhabit a particular area13
8649898820Scientific Methoda method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.14
8649898821Experimental Groupthe group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested15
8649898822Ecosystemall of the organisms in a given area as well as the abiotic factors with which they interact; a community and its physical environment16
8649898823Biomeone of the world's major ecosystems, classified according to vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that environment17
8649898824Taxonomythe branch of biology concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life18
8649898825Biogenesisthe principle that all life arises by the reproduction of preexisting life19
8649898826Scientific Theorya hypothesis or a group of hypotheses about some phenomena that have been supported through research using the scientific method.20

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