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| Entomalogy | the study of insects |
| homeostasis | the regulation of steady lifemaintaining conditions inside an organism or cell despite changes in the environment |
| development | all the changes undergone by living things as they grow |
| life span | the length of time an organism is expected to live |
| abiotic | non-living phisical features of the environment including soil, water, temperature, air, light, wind and materials |
| biotic | living organisms in the environment such as plants and animals |
| biogenesis | the theory that living things only come from living things |
| spontaneous generation | the theory that non-living things produce living things |
| organism | a living thing thatis made of one or more cells, uses energy, moves, responds to its environment, adjusts, reproduces, adapts, and has a life span |
| cell | the smallest unit of an organism that can perform life functions |
| theory | a desciption of nature, based on many observations; subject to change when evidence changes |
| stimulus | anything an organism responds to such as light, sound, heat, vibration, odor, movement, hunger, thirst and so on |
| response | the reaction of an organism to a stimulus |
| adaption | any charecteristic of an organism that make it better able to survive in its own environment |
| scientific methods | problem solving procedures used by scientists please go help push dads car |
| variable | in an experiment, the factor tested |
| hypothesis | a prediction that can be tested |
| control | in an experiment, the standard for comparison |
| law | a rule that descibes a pattern in nature and what will happen under specific conditions |
