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| Procedures used to solve problems and anser questions that can include stating the problem, gathering information, forming a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis with an experiment, andalyzing data, and drawing conclusions. |
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| Prediction that can be tested |
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| Standard to which the outcome of a test is compared |
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| Something in an experiment that can change. |
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| Explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge resulting from many observations and experiments. |
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| Statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true consistently. |
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| Smallest unit of an organism that can carry onlife functions. |
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| Regulation of an organisms, life-maintaining conditions. |
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| Idea that living things come from nonliving things. |
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| Theory that living things come only from other living things. |
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| Evolutionary history of an organism, used today to group organisms into six kingdoms. |
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| Two-word naming system that gives all organisms their scientific name. |
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| First and largest category used to classify organisms. |
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| First word of the two-word scientific name used to identify a group of similar species. |
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