| A | B |
| adaptation | A characteristic an organism has that makes it better able to survive in the environment |
| Biogenesis | Theory that living things come only from living things |
| Cell | Unit of life |
| Control | A standard for comparing the result of an experiment |
| Development | Changes undergone during growth |
| Homeostasis | The regulation of an organism's internal environment to maintain conditions that allow it to live |
| Hypothesis | A prediction that can be tested |
| Law | Tells how nature works based on repeating data |
| Life span | The length of time an organism is expected to live |
| Organism | Living thing |
| Response | The reaction of an organism to a stimulus |
| Scientific Methods | Organized steps used to solve a problem |
| spontaneous generation | Theory that nonliving things produce living things |
| Stimulus | A change in the environment that brings about a response |
| Technology | The use of science for solving problems or improving life |
| Theory | An explanation of things or events based on many observations |
| Variable | The factor tested in an experiment |