Terms #1
The study of life that includes what is known about life and the processes used to learn about living things
The smallest working unit of an organism
Cells
With the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, disorder naturally ____ . Order only increases with _____ effort.
Increases; intelligent
A simplify explanation, description, or representation of the world
Model
The group in a controlled experiment that is exposed to the independent variable
Experimental Group
The overarching narrative that a person uses to see and interpret the world
Worldview
A living thing
Organism
An explanation that is based on limited observations
Hypothesis
Using a variety of tools and skills to answer a question or solve a problem
Scientific Inquiry
Observe, Test, Analyze and draw conclusions, and communicate
Scientific Method
The belief that living things came from completely natural processes
Naturalism
Having only one cell
Information that people collect
Data
A factor that changes in a controlled experiment
Variable
An idea that scientists use to EXPLAIN the data that they have collected
Theory
God's command to Adam and Eve to fill the Earth and domain it
Creation Mandate
Having more than one cell
Multicellular
Data communicated using words and descriptions
Qualitative date
A test of the way that something works by examining the effect of one factor at a time
Controlled Experiment
An idea that scientists use to DESCRIBE what they observe
Law
The study of applying moral principles to life
Ethics
An organism's ability to keep internal processes stable
Homeostasis
Data communicated using numbers
Quantitative Data
The group in a controlled experiment that is not exposed to the independent variable
The science of sorting organisms into groups
Taxonomy