What is science?
the smallest unit of life
cell
the way an organism reacts to a stimulus
response
A theory that living things came from other living things.
Biogenesis
Genus
What kingdom are humans a part of?
animal
The three sciences we study in middle school.
What is earth science, life science, and physical science
Anything that causes some change in an organism
Stimulus
an earthy theory that living things came from non-living things.
Spontaneous Generation
Name the second word in the scientific name.
species
Field Guide
Something that does change in an experiment
What is a variable.
maintaining the proper conditions inside an organism
Homeostasis
Miller-Urey
Binomial Nomenclature
What is mass measured in?
grams
Something that is a standard of comparison in an experiment and cannot be changed.
What is a control.
Stimulus - cold response - goose bumps or shivering
There can be more options.
Name the scientist that studied gasses in the earth's atmosphere.
Alexander Oparin
Name the scientist that helped design early classification systems.
Carolus Linnaeus
A statement about how things work
Law
1. Make an observation
2. ask a question
3. make a hypothesis
4. conduct an experiment
5. draw conclusions
6. report your results
What are the characteristics of living things?
Living things are organized
Living things respond
Living things use energy
Living things grow and develop
Living things reproduce
Louis Pasteur and the meat and maggot experiment
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Name the 6 Kingdoms in the classification system.
archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, animals