what is life and scientific method vocabulary

A change in an organism's surroundings that causes an organism to react

The maintenance of stable internal conditions

Factors that can change in an experiment.

A living thing

A multi-celled organism

The basic unit of structure and function in an organism

Facts, figures, and , and other evidence gathered through observation and experimentation.

An organism that cannot make its own food

A single-celled organism

An educated guess that must be testable in order to support or reject, using experimentation

An organism that makes its OWN food

The variable factor that changes IN RESPONSE to the manipulated variable.

The process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism

An EXPERIMENT in which all factors are identical except one

Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.

To explain or interpret the things observed.

The only variable in an experiment that the experimenter purposely changes.

The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources

An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus