Chapter one vocabulary

Question 1

Binomial nomenclature

Answer 1

The two-word naming system that Linnaeus used to name the various species is called binomical nomenclature.

Question 2

Biogenesis

Answer 2

Biogenesis, which is the theory that living things come only from other living things.

Question 3

Cell

Answer 3

A cell is the smallest unit of an organism that carries on the function of life.

Question 4

Control

Answer 4

A control is the standard to which the outcome of a test is compared.

Question 5

Gunus

Answer 5

A genus is a group of similar species.

Question 6

Homeostasis

Answer 6

An organism ability to keep the proper conditions inside no matter what is going on outside the organism is called homeostasis.

Question 7

Hypothesis

Answer 7

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

Question 10

Organism

Answer 10

Any living thing is called an organism.

Question 11

Phylogeny

Answer 11

Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of an organism..

Question 12

Scientific methods

Answer 12

In science this organization often takes the form of the series of procedures called scientific methods.

Question 13

Spontaneous Generation

Answer 13

The idea that living thing come from nonliving things is known as spontaneous generation.

Question 14

Theory

Answer 14

A scientific theory is an explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge this is the result of many observations and experiements..

Question 15

Variable

Answer 15

A variable is something in an experiments that can change.