The Science of Life
The Characteristics of Life
What is Science
The Science of Life
100

The study of life

Biology

100

they are arranged in an orderly way

Organization

100

a body of knowledge based on the study of the natural world

Science

100

the production of offsprings

Reproduction

200

a full set of chromosomes

Genomes

200

results in the addition of mass to an organism and, in many organisms, the formation of new cells and new structures. 

Growth

200

describes relationships under certain conditions in nature.

Law

200

any of the thread-like structures that appear in a cell nucleus during cell division

Chromosomes

300

Basic units of structure and function in all living things

Cells

300

Anything that is part of either environment and causes some sort of reaction by the organism

Stimulus

300

an explanation of a natural phenomenon supported by many observations and experiments over time

Theory

300

is anything that has or once had all these characteristics

Organism

400

Regulation of an organism's internal conditions to maintain life is called

Homeostasis 

400

a group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring

Species

400

a process by which the procedures and results of an experiment are evaluated by other scientists who are in the same field or who are conducting similar research

Peer Review

400

the process of natural changes that take place during the life of an organism

Development

500

any inherited characteristic that results from changes to a species over time 

Adaptation

500

The reaction to a stimulus

Response

500

which is a set of moral principles or values

Ethics

500

the living and nonliving things that surround an organism and with which the organism interacts

Enviornment

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