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- 3. review/ evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field.
- 4. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
- 5. / the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.
- 9. not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change.
- 10. / the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life
- 12. group/ The group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested. One variable is tested at a time. This is compared to a control group, which does not receive the test variable.
- 13. moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior.
- 16. variable /The variable in a functional relation whose value is independent, or is not affected by other variables.
- 17. variable/ something that is constant and unchanged. Further, a strongly influences values; it is held constant to test the relative impact of independent variables.
- 19. theory / a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that is acquired through the scientific method and repeatedly tested and confirmed through observation and experimentation.
- 22. the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
- 24. reproduction/ is able to produce offspring in the absence of a mate. The offspring is a clone of the parent and therefore results in low genetic variation in the species as a whole.
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- 1. / the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane.
- 2. tools/ a testing device for measuring a given phenomenon, such as a paper and pencil test, a questionnaire, an interview, or a set of guidelines for observation.
- 6. the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information
- 7. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.
- 8. a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
- 11. / supposition or tentative explanation for (a group of) phenomena, (a set of) facts, or a scientific inquiry that may be tested, verified or answered by further investigation or methodological experiment.
- 14. reproduction/ A mode of reproduction involving the fusion of female gamete (ovum) and male gamete (spermatozoon), which forms a zygote that potentially develops into genetically distinct offspring.
- 15. particular system of values and principles of conduct, especially one held by a specified person or society.
- 18. variable/The variable in a functional relation whose value is dependent upon, or influenced by, an independent variable.
- 20. group/ The group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and is then used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.
- 21. the fundamental and distinctive characteristics or qualities of someone or something, especially when regarded as unchangeable
- 23. code/ The nucleotide triplets of DNA and RNA molecules that carry genetic information in living cells.
- 25. methodology/ a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry is commonly based on empirical or measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning.