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| the theory that living things come only from other living things |
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spontaneous generation
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| The belief that living things can come from nonliving things. For example:worms falling from the sky with rain. |
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| Experimented using broth in flasks with "S" shaped necks. He helped to disprove spontaneous generation and prove biogenesis. |
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| Anything that causes a change (response) in a living thing. |
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| A reaction to a stimulus. |
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| The first name of an organism's scientific name. |
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| An organism's scientific name. It is also called the Latin name. These two names also can called binomial nomenclature. |
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| A written tool used to identify things. It usually gives TWO choices. |
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| He developed the binomial nomenclature (genus & species) system for classifying life forms. |
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| Genus = capitalized & italics Species = not capitalized & italics |
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| The proper way to write a genus and species names. |
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| An ancient Greek who classified all life into TWO kingdoms. (Plants & Animals) |
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| A two name system for naming living things. (genus & species) |
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| Kingdom-Phylum-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species |
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| The sequence of classification groups from least specific to most specific. |
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- The most specific classification group.
- The second name of an organism's scientific name.
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| The least specific classification group. |
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| The language most often used in scientific names. |
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| An organism's ability to maintain steady conditions. Example: body temperature |
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| When an organism gets bigger. (Usually by adding more cells) |
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| Another name for a living thing. |
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| When an organism forms new parts or has major body changes. |
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| The length of time that an organism lives. |
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| An organism's genus and species |
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| the source of energy used directly or indirectly for almost all life on Earth |
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| the smallest unit of life |
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cell
tissue
organ
organ system
organism |
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| the levels of organization within an organism |
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