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What is science?

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Body of knowledge; collection of unified insights about nature

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Theory

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general set of principles, supported by evidence, that explains some aspect of nature

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Scientific Method

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Observation, question, hypothesis, experiments, conclusion

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Hypothesis

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Tested through a series of experiments/observations

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Biology

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Study of life

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Characteristics of living things

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  1. Assimilate energy
  2. respond to their environment
  3. maintain a relatively constant internal environment
  4. reproduce
  5. possess an inherited information base (DNA)
  6. composed of one or more cells
  7. evolved from other living things
  8. highly organized compared to inanimate objects
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Chief Unifying principle of biology

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Evolution

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