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Apologia Bio Mod1Pt3
Apologia Biology Vocabulary, Module 1, Part 3
Question | Answer |
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Inheritance | The process by which physical andbiological characteristics are transmitted from the parent(or parents) to the offspring. |
Mutation | An abrupt and marked difference in the DNAof an organism compared to its parents. |
Hypothesis | An educated guess that attempts to explainan observation or answer a question. |
Theory | A hypothesis that has been tested with asignificant amount of data. |
Scientific law | A theory that has been tested by and isconsistent with generations of data. |
Microorganisms | Living creatures that are too small tosee with the naked eye. |
Abiogenesis | The idea that, long ago, very simple lifeforms spontaneously appeared through random chemicalreactions. |