chapter 1 vocab cards Flashcards
Binomial nomenclature
It is the system used by modern scientist to name organisms
Biogenesis
Biogenesis is the theory that living things come only from other living things
Cell
A cell is the smallest unit of an organism that carries on the function of life
Control
A control is the standard to which the outcome of a test compared.cat/experimental
Genus
A genus is a group of similar species.
homeostrasis
Homeostasis is a trait of all living things
hypothesis
Hypothesis is an explanation that can be tested.
Kingdom
A kingdom is the first and largest category of organisms
Law
A scientific law is a statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true all the time
organism
Organims vary in size from the microscopic bacteria in mud puddles to gigantic oak trees and are found just about everywhere
Phylogeny
it is the evolutionary history of an organism or how it has changed over time.
scientific methods
Scientific methods show one way that scientific might be used to solve a problem
spontaneous generation
the idea that living things come from nonliving things is known as a spontaneous generation
theory
A scientific theory is an explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge that is the result of may observations and experiments
variable
A variable is something that in a experimental that can change
