Science Flashcards

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Binomial nomenclature

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

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Bio-genesis-

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Theory that living things come only from other living things.

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3
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Cell

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smallest unit of an organism that can carry in life functions

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Control

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standard to which the outcome of a test is compared.

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5
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Genus-

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first word of the two-words scientific name used to identify a group of similar species

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6
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Homeostasis

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regulation of an organism’s internal , life- maintaining conditions.

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7
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Hypothesis-

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prediction that can be tested

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Kingdom

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first and largest category used to classify organisms

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9
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law

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

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10
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Organism

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Any living thing.

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Phylogeny

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

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Scientific methods-

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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.

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Spontaneous generation

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idea that living things come from nonliving things

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Theory-

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

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Variable-

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something in an experiments

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