Biology Vocab

5. Factor in a controlled experiment that is deliberately changed
6. Information recorded during an experiment that includes numbers obtained by counting or measuring
7. Information recorded during an experiment that includes descriptions and cannot usually be measured
8. The new organism has a single parent
10. A signal to which an organism responds
11. Change over time
12. Genetic material that organism inherit from their parents
13. A well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses, enabling scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations
15. Relatively constant internal chemical and physical conditions that organisms maintain
16. A tentative scientific explanation that can be tested by further observation or experimentation

1. Variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable
2. Cells from two different parents unite to produce the first cell of the new organism
3. The combination of chemical reactions as it carries out its life processes
4. Experiment in which only one variable is changed
9. A group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable
14. A personal, rather than scientific, point of view for, or against, something