| A | B |
|---|
| independent variable | the variable being tested |
| dependent variable | the results variable |
| controlled varialbe | one that stays the same |
| autotroph | plants - those that make their own food |
| heterotroph | animals - those that find their own food |
| stimulus | a change that causes an organism to react |
| response | an organism's reaction to a stimulus |
| asexual reproduction | reproduction that requires only one parent |
| sexual reproduction | reproduction that requires two parents |
| growth | an increase in the number of cells |
| development | an increase in the complexity of an organism |
| unicellular | made of onl one cell |
| multicellular | made of many cells |
| dichotomous key | a special identification key that uses a series of paired characteristics that leads to the identification of an organism, object, or material |
| taxonomy | the study of how scientists classify organisms |
| Levels of organization | kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
| Six Kingdoms | Animal, Plant, Fungi, Moneran, Bacteria, Archaebacteria |
| Scientific Name | Genus and species |
