| A | B |
| taxonomy | study of how things are classified |
| autotroph | organism that makes its food |
| organism | scientific term for living things |
| spontaneous generation | idea that life can come from nonliving things |
| homeostatis | stable internal conditions |
| Linneaus | created system of naming living things |
| binomial nomenclature | two-part scientific name of an organism |
| prokaryote | organism made of cells without a nucleus |
| nucleus | the 'brain' of a cell |
| response | an action or change in behavior |
| development | growing and becoming more complex |
| species | group of similar organisms that can mate & produce fertile offspring |
| classification | process of grouping things based on their similarities |
| heterotroph | organism that needs to eat |
| cell | basic unit of structure of an organism |