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davwilliChapter 1
Chapter 1 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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first word of the two-word scientific name used to identify a group of similar species. | Genus |
evolutionary history of an organism; used today to group organisms into six kingdoms. | Phylogeny |
theory that living things come only from other living things. | Biogenesis |
idea that living things come from non-living things. | Spontaneous Generation |
smallest unit of an organism that can carry on life functions. | Cell |
prediction that can be tested. | Hypothesis |
any living thing. | Organism |
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. | Scientific Methods |
first and largest category used to classify organisms. | Kingdom |
statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true consistently. | Law |
explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge resulting from many observations and experiments. | Theory |
two-word naming system that gives all organisms their scientific name. | Binomial Nomenclature |
standard to which the outcome if a test is compared. | Control |
regulation of an organism’s internal, life-maintaining conditions. | Homeostasis |
something in an experiment that can change. | Variable |