| A | B |
| adaptation | characteristucs of an organism that hepls it survive |
| Biogenesis | Theory that living things come from other living things |
| cells | The smallest unit of an organism that can maintain life |
| control | The standard for comparison in an experiment |
| development | changes undergone as organisms grow |
| ecology | study of relationships between organisms and their environment |
| homeostasis | maintaining stable conditions despite charges |
| hypothesis | educated guess of the outcome of an experiment |
| law | a theory proven true |
| life span | how long an orginism is excpected to live |
| organism | living thing |
| reaction | the reaction of an organism to its stimulus |
| scientific method | A seiries of procedures |
| spontaineous generation | theory that living things come from non living things |
| stimulus | anything an organism responds to |
| technology | the used of scientific knoledge to improve the quality of human life |
| theory | A tested hypothesis that hasnt been tested enough |
| variable | the factor being tested |
| What are the characteristics of an organism | cells, lifespan, respond, adapt, need energy, reproduce, grow/develope |