science stuff

science

experement

using a controlled condition to test a prediction

scientific method

procedures used to salve problems and answer questions that can include stating the problem, gathering information, forming an hypothesis, testing the hypothesis and analyzing

hypothesis

prediction that can be tested

control

standard to which the outcome of a test is compared

varible

something in an experiment that can change

theory

explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge resulting with many observations.

law

statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true consistenly

raw meterials

substances needed by organisms to make others necessary substances

organism

any living thing

cell

smallest unit of an organism that can cary on life functions

homeostasis

regulation of an organism’s internal life maintaining conditions

contaminate

to make impure by coming into contact with any unwanted substance

spontaneous generation

idea that living things come from nonliving things

bio genesis

theory that living things come only from other living things

common name

a nonscientific term that may vary from region to region

phylogeny

evolutionary history of organisms; used today to group organisms in to six kingdoms

kingdom

first and largest category used to classify organisms

binomial nomenclature

two-words naming system that gives all organisms their scientific name

genus

first word of the two-words scientific name used to identify a group of similar species