LC Biology

The study of living things

• Organisation: How an organism is made up
• Nutrition: The way in which an organism gets there food.
• Excretion: Removal of waste from the body
• Response: When organisms react to stimuli in their environment
• Reproduction: production of new individuals

The total sum the chemical reactions that take place within an organism E.G

• Digestion
• Excretion
• Metabolic processes

A process of investigation in which problems are identified and their suggested explanations are tested by carrying out experiments

An educated guess based on an observation

• A hypothesis that has been proven correct over a long period of time
• E.g theory of eveolution

• A theory that has been proven over a long period of time.
• E.G medals laws of genetics

A test for a hypothesis

A summary of the results of an experiment.

Used to provide a comparison against which the actual experiment

A repeat of an experiment

Testing where both the investigator and the participant are unaware of the nature of the treatment the participant is receiving

• The extent of our knowledge
• The basis of investigation
• Interpreting results

It means that life arises from other life

A factor that may change in an experiment