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7th Grade
05/04/2012

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scientific Method
Definition
procedures used to solve problems
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hypothesis
Definition
prediction that can be tested
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control
Definition
standard to which the outcome of a test is compared
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variable
Definition
something in an experiment that can change
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organism
Definition
any living thing
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spontaneous generation
Definition
idea that living things come from nonliving things
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cell
Definition
smallest unit of an organism that can carry on life functions
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biogenesis
Definition
theory that living things come from only other living things
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prokaryotic cell
Definition
a cell that has no nucleus
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eukaryotic cell
Definition
a cell that does have nucleus
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flagella
Definition
whip-like tail on a cell
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fission
Definition
a process that produces two new cells with genetic material identical to each other and that of the original cell
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cocci
Definition
sphere shaped bacteria
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spirilla
Definition
spiral shaped bacteria
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flagella
Definition
whip like tail used by many bacteria to move
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extinction
Definition
when a species has totally died out and no longer exsists
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