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| scientific methods | procedures used to solve problems and answer questions |
| hypothesis | predicition that can be tested |
| control | standard to which the outcome of a test is compared |
| variable | something in an experiment that can change |
| theory | explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge from many observations or experiments |
| law | statement about how things work in nature that is always true |
| Organism | any living thing |
| cell | smallest unit of life that can carry on life functions |
| homeostasis | regulation of an organisms internal, life maintaining conditions |
| spontaneous generation | idea that living things come from nonliving things |
| biogenesis | theory that living things come only from other living things |
| phylogeny | evolutionary history of an organism; used to group into 6 kingdoms |
| kingdom | first and largest category used to classify organisms |
| binomial nomenclature | two word naming system that gives all organisms a scientifc name |
| genus | first word of the two word scientifc name used to identify a group of similar species |
