Vocabulary

Question 1

Two-word naming system that gives all organisms their specific 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 organisms 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 things

Answer 10

Organisms

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Phylogeny

Question 12

Procedure used to solve problems and answer questions that can include starting the problem, gathering information, creating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis with an experiment, analyzing data and drawing conclusions

Answer 12

Scientific method

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