Chapter 1 Vocabulary Cards

Question 1

Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 1

The two-word naming system that Linnaeus used to name the various species/organism.

Question 2

Bio-genesis

Answer 2

The theory that living things come only from other living things.

Question 3

Cell

Answer 3

The smallest unit of an organism that carries on the functions of life.

Question 4

Control

Answer 4

The standard to which the outcome of a test is compared.

Question 5

Genus

Answer 5

A group of similar species.

Question 6

Homeostasis

Answer 6

Homeostasis is a trait of all living things.

Question 7

Hypothesis

Answer 7

Hypothesis is an explanation that can be tested.

Question 8

Kingdom

Answer 8

A kingdom is the first and largest category.

Question 9

Law

Answer 9

A statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true all the the time.

Question 10

Organism

Answer 10

Any living thing.

Question 11

Phylogeny

Answer 11

The evolutionary history of an organism, or how it has changed over time..

Question 12

Scientific Methods

Answer 12

Series of procedures.

Question 13

Spontaneous Generation

Answer 13

The idea that living things come from nonliving things.

Question 14

Theory

Answer 14

An explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge that is the result of many observations and experiments.

Question 15

Variable

Answer 15

Something in an experiment that can change.