Quizlet Living Environment - Chapter One

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  1. adaptation: evolution of a structure, behavior or internal process that enables an organism to respond to environmental factors and live to produce offspring
  2. biology: the study of life that seeks to provide an understanding of the natural world
  3. control: something in the experiment that does not change - it remains standard
  4. data: information obtained from experiments
  5. energy: the ability to cause change
  6. ethics: the moral principles and values people have
  7. evolution: gradual change in a species through adaptations over time
  8. experiment: procedure that tests a hypothesis by collecting information under controlled circumstances
  9. hypothesis: a possible answer to a question, based on good reasons, facts or ideas
  10. investigate: to search for an answer
  11. observed: seen
  12. organism: anaything that possesses all the characteristics of life
  13. quality: a value
  14. quantity: an amount
  15. reproduction: production of offspring by an organism
  16. response: an organism's reaction to a change in its environment
  17. scientific methods: procedures that scientists use to gather information and answer questions
  18. stimulus: anything in an organism's environment that causes the organism to react
  19. technology: using science to answer society's problems
  20. theory: explanation of something natural supported by scientific evidence
  21. variable: one of the things in an experiment that can be changed or controlled