Intro to Biology Vocabulary

Biology

• study of living things

• study of chemicals

• study of space

• study of soil

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Process of organizing and running experiments

• living things

• botany

• scientific method

• variables

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An educated guess

• hypothesis

• opinion

• inference

• theory

The variable that a scientist is testing (can change)

• dependent

• control

• independent

• experimental

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The variable that a scientist is measuring

• dependent

• control

• independent

• experimental

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The process of testing a hypothesis

• experiment

• data collection

• conclusion

• inference

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Information that you already know, that is based on prior experience.

• hypothesis

• inference

• conclusion

• experiment

A _________ compares your data to your hypothesis.

• experiment

• data

• graphs

• conclusion

The group that receives no change.

• control

• experiemental

• tested

• metabolism

The group that is being tested on.

• control

• experiemental

• tested

• metabolism