Miller and Levine Biology Chapter 1 | Quizlet

Definition: testing of a hypothesis under controlled conditions

• experimenting

• measuring

• observation

• communicating

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Definition: base 10 decimal system used to make scientific measurements (liters, grams, meters, Celsius)

• metric system

• greek system

• customary system

• household system

Definition: willingness to accept different ideas that may not agree with your own thinking

• skepticism

• open-mindedness

• persistence

• homeostasis

Definition: putting data into an order to reveal patterns; tables, graphs and maps

• measuring

• making a prediction

• observing

• organizing data

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Definition: recording observations in a journal, with camera, or sound recording device in an attempt to avoid bias

• experimenting

• analyzing the data

• making a prediction

• collecting data

Definition: literally means "living planet"

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

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Definition: keeping internal environment relatively stable even when external conditions change (ex. human body temperature stays at 98.6 degrees F)

• hemostasls

• metabolism

• osmosis

• homeostasis

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Definition: exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable

• constants

• experimental group

• control group

• data

Definition: change in the environment; a signal to which an organism responds

• receptor

• sensor

• stimulus

• data

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Definition: grouping objects according to shared characteristic using similarities and differences

• classifying

• analyzing

• identifying

• predicting

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