Test is Thursday September 15th.
Know these terms. The best way is to remember one word from the definition.
Hemeostasis - keeping of an organism internal, life-maintaining conditions
control - standard for comparison in an experiment
cell - smallest unit of a living thing that can perform life functions
biogenesis - living things come from other living things
phylogeny - species evoluntionary history
variable - factors that change in an experiment
theory - explanation that is supported by results from repeated experiments
spontaneous generation - living things come from nonliving things
hypothesis - educated guess
The number of variables you can test in an experiment is 1.
Control is the word that is used for comparison in an experiment.
Many-celled organisms grow due to an increase in number of cells.
If you don't know the scientific name of an organism it is best to use a dichotomous key to find its name.
Scientific names consists of genus and species
Th first name in the scientific name is Genus
The scientific method is best remembered by using this memory aide SGHEADS
State the problem
gather information
Hypothesis
Experiment
Analyse data
draw conclusions
Share the information
SGHEADS
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