Biology CH 1 Vocabulary

Science of life; examines how living things interact, how systems function, and how they function at a molecular level

• Biology

• Organism

• Organization

• Development

Process that results in mass being added to an organism; may include formation of new cells and new structures

• Growth

• Organism

• Organization

• Development

Organism’s reaction to a stimulus

• Response

• Organism

• Organization

• Development

Inherited characteristic of a species that develops over time in response to an environmental factor, enabling the species to survive

• Adaptation

• Organism

• Response

• Biology

Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life

• Adaptation

• Organism

• Response

• Biology

Regulation of an organism’s internal environment to maintain conditions needed for life

• Homeostasis

• Organism

• Response

• Biology

Explanation of a natural phenomenon based on many observations and investigations over time

• Theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Biology

Assumption based on prior experience

• Inference

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Biology

Procedure performed in a controlled setting to test a hypothesis and collect precise data

• Experiment

• Equipment

• Hypothesis

• Biology

Quantitative or qualitative information gained from scientific investigation

• Data

• Equipment

• Lab

• Biology