Unit 0 Vocabulary Flash Cards

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Adaptation

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Adjustment of organisms to their environment in order to improve their chances at survival in that environment.

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Adhesion

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The binding of molecules that are NOT similar to one another.

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Bacteriophage

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A virus that infects and replicates in bacterial cells.

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Biodiversity

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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Biology

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The study of life.

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Cohesion

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The binding of molecules that are the SAME.

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Constant

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The parts that do not change during an experiment. They remain the same between experimental and control groups.

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Dependent variable

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The variable that is being measured in the experiment.

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Evolution

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The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

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Homeostasis

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Any process that living things use to actively maintain fairly stable conditions necessary for survival.