Biology Vocab Quiz over words #1-25

the hard, lightweight, external covering on all arthropods that shields, supports, and protects

the kingdom of organisms that feed on dead/decaying matter, spore reproduction

structures within eukaryotic cells that perform specific cell functions

a major life science theory that states all organisms are made of cells & cells come from cells

the cellular duplication and division of one cell into two

the diffusion of water through a cell membrane

the proven fact of 'microgenetic variation' that takes place within a group

non-living, microscopic particle with protein coat and DNA core, infects host cell

reproduction in which a new organism is produced from only one parent

the group that serves as the standard of comparison in an experiment

kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species is the correct order of classification

problem solving procedures or method

a life cycle of body changes, like:  egg-larva-pupa-adult

animals that do not have a backbone, all animal phyla except the chordata phylum

one celled eukaryotes, some are plant like, some are animal like

an educated guess based on some known facts.

the kingdom of multi-cellular organisms with no cell wall, can move and respond

permanent, destructive changes in an organism's DNA

the unproven theory that all life orginated via spontaneous generation and slowly mutated.

the established theory that states living things only come from living things

the movement of molecules from greater to lesser concentration.

the disproved scientific myth that once believed inanimate matter could self-organize

the kingdom of one celled prokaryotes (has no true nucleus)

preprogrammed information that causes complex, unlearned, innate animal behaviors

deoxyribonucleic acid; code of our genetic information