Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

Two-word naming system that gives all organisms their scientific name.

Answer 1

binomial nomenclature

Question 2

Theory that living things come only from other living things.

Answer 2

biogenesis

Question 3

Smallest unit of an organism that can carry on life functions.

Answer 3

cell

Question 4

Standard to which the outcome of a test is compared.

Answer 4

control

Question 5

First word of the two-word scientific name used to identify a group of similar species.

Answer 5

genus

Question 6

Regulation of an organism’s internal, life maintaining conditions.

Answer 6

homeostasis

Question 7

Prediction that can be tested.

Answer 7

hypothesis

Question 8

First and largest category used to classify organisms.

Answer 8

kingdom

Question 9

Statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true consistently.

Answer 9

law

Question 10

Any living thing

Answer 10

organism

Question 11

Evolutionary history of an organism; used today to group organisms into six kingdoms.

Answer 11

phylogeny

Question 12

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.

Answer 12

scientific methods

Question 13

Idea that living things come from non-living things.

Answer 13

spontaneous generation

Question 14

Explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge resulting from many observations and experiments.

Answer 14

theory

Question 15

Something in an experiment that can change.

Answer 15

variable