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Science Vocab 1

TermDefinition
Experiment Using controlled conditions to test a prediction
Scientific method Procedures used to solve problems and answer questions that can include stating the problem, gathering information, forming a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, testing the hypothesis with an experiment, analyzing the data, and drawing conclusions.
Hypothesis Prediction that can be tested.
Control Standard to which the outcome of a test is compared.
Variable Something in an experiment that can be changed.
Theory Explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge resulting in many observations and experiments.
Law A statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true constantly.
Contaminate to make impure by coming into contact with an unwanted substance
Spontaneous Generation the idea that living things come from nonliving things
Biogenesis the theory that living things come only from other living things
Common name a nonscientific term that may vary from region to region
Phylogeny the evolutionary history of an organism, or how it has changed over time
Raw materials substances needed by organisms to make other necessary substances
Organism Any living thing
Cell the smallest unit of an organism that carries on the functions of life
Homeostasis a trait of all living things
Kingdom the first and largest category
Binomial Nomenclature the system used by modern scientists to name organisms
Genus a group of similar species
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