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15 Cards in this Set
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scientific methods
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- a series of procedures used to solve problems and answer questions
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hypothesis
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- an explanation that can be tested
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control
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- the standard to which the outcome of a test is compared
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variable
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- something in an experiment that can change
- an experiment should have only one variable |
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theory
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- an explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge that is the result of many observations and experiments
-it is not a guess or an opinion |
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law
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- a statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true all the time
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organism
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- any living thing
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cell
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- the smallest unit of an organism that carries on the functions of life
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homeostatis
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- an organism's ability to keep the proper conditions inside no matter what is going on outside the organism
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spontaneous generation
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- the idea that living things come from nonliving things
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biogenesis
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- the theory that living things come only from other living things
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phylogeny
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- the evolutionary history of an organism
- how it has changed over time |
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kingdom
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- the first and largest category used to classify organisms
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binomial nomenclature
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- the system used by modern scientists to name organisms
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genus
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- a group of similar species
- first word of the two-word scientific name used to identify a group of similar species |
