Chapter 1 Vocabulary Cards.

Question 1

Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 1

Binomial nomenclature is the two-Word naming system that Linnaeus used to name the various species/organisms.

Question 2

Biogenesis

Answer 2

Biogenesis is the theory that living things come only from other living things.

Question 3

Cell

Answer 3

A cell is the smallest unit of an organism that carries on the functions of life.

Question 4

Control

Answer 4

A control is a standard to which the outcome of a test is compared.

Question 5

Genus

Answer 5

A genus is a group of similar species.

Question 6

Homeostasis

Answer 6

An organism’s ability to keep the proper conditions inside no matter what is going on outside the organism is called homeostasis.

Question 7

Hypothesis

Answer 7

A hypothesis is an explanation that can be tested.

Question 8

Kingdom

Answer 8

A kingdom is the first and largest category.

Question 9

Law

Answer 9

Law is a statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true all the time.

Question 10

Organism

Answer 10

Any living things is called an organism.

Question 11

Phylogeny

Answer 11

Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of an organism, or how it has changed over time.

Question 12

Scientific Methods

Answer 12

A series of procedures is called scientific methods.

Question 13

Spontaneous Generation

Answer 13

The idea that living things come from nonliving things is known as spontaneous generation.

Question 14

Theory

Answer 14

Theory is an explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge that is the result of many observations and experiments.

Question 15

Variable

Answer 15

A variable is something in an experiment that can change.