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Chapter 1
Living Thing
Term | Definition |
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organism | living thing |
cell | the basic unit structure and function in an organism. |
multicellular | consisting of many cells. |
unicellular | made of a single cell. |
stimulus | a change in an organism surroundings that causes the organism to react. |
response | an action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus. |
classification | the process of grouping things based on their similarities. |
taxonomy | the scientific study of how thing are classified. |
species | a group of similar organisms that can mate each other and produce offspring that can also mate and produce. |
development | the process of change that occurs during an organisms life to produce a more complex organism. |
prokaryote | an organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cell structure. |
eukayote | An organism whose cells contain nuclei. |