Chapter 1 Biology Vocab

2. A simple, testable statement that predicts an answer to a question being investigated using the scientific method
4. A broad philosophical and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment, sometimes at the expense of considerations for human needs and activities
6. The use of living systems and organisms to produce new products and technologies, often by manipulating cells or cellular components
9. The preservation and wise use of natural resources, usually with consideration for the current and future needs of humans
10. A simple, workable representation of a usually complex object or concept
12. The study of often-controversial ethical issues that arise as the result of new advances in biology and medicine
14. The command given by God to Adam and Eve to fill the earth and have dominion over it (Genesis.1:28)
15. Information gathered by using one of the five senses, or the process of gathering such information; can include measurements or descriptions

1. The combination of qualities that God has placed in people as a reflection of Himself
3. perspective of collection of presuppositions a person uses to view and interpret the world
5. An orderly way of investigating phenomena by using measurable and repeatable observations to test a hypothesis
6. The Study of Life
7. The explanation or meaning given to a set of observations; affected by one's worldview
8. A description (often Mathematical), based on repeated observations, of the relationship between two or more phenomena
11. A model that attempts to explain a set of observations
13. A subset of observations gathered from within a larger possible set of data