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Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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binomial nomenclature   two-word naming system that gives all organisms their scientific name  
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biogenesis   theory that living things come only from other living things  
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cell   smallest unit of an organism that can carry on life functions  
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control   standard to which the outcome of a test is compared  
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genus   first word of the two-word scientific name used to identify a group of similar species  
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homeostasis   regulation of an organism's internal, life-maintaining conditions  
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hypothesis   prediction that can be tested  
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kingdom   first and largest category used to classify organisms  
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law   statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true consistently  
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organism   any living thing  
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phylogeny   evolutionary history of an organism; used today to group organisms into six kingdoms  
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scientific method   procedures used to solve problems and answer questions that can include stating the problem, gathering information, forming a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis with an experiment, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions  
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spontaneous generation   idea that living things come from nonliving things  
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theory   explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge resulting from many observations and experiments  
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variable   something in an experiment that can change  
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