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| idea that living things come from nonliving things; examples: mice = rice, cabbage patch = newborn child |
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| the theory that all living things come from other living things |
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| evolutionary history of any living thing which is used to group the organism into one of the six kingdoms |
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largest catergory used to classify an organism; six kingdoms: animal, archaebacteria, eubacteria, fungi, plants, protista. |
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| two part naming system used to name living things scientifically; felis concolor = mountain lion; created by Carolus Linnaeus. |
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| first word that appears in the scientific name; used to identify a group of similar species; felis is the genus of felis concolor = mountain lion |
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| using words to describe your five observations when collecting scientific data |
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| using words and NUMBERS to collect scientific data; scientific data is collected by using your five senses |
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| what you think has happened or might happen based on your observations; an inference is NOT a fact, but a logical conclusion |
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using your five senses to collect information; to see, to taste, to feel, to hear, to smell |
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