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chapter 1
living things
Term | Definition |
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orgnism | living thing |
cell | the basic unit of structure in an organism |
unicelluler | consist of one cell |
multicellular | consits of more than one cell |
stimulas | change in an organisms surroundings that make the animal react. |
response | change in behavior that makes the animal react to stimulus |
developmeant | the process of change in an organisms life that makes a more conplxe organism |
spontanius generatin | the mistaken idea that living things can come from nonliving things |
controlled experiment | an expirimeant that the same in every way but one |
autotrough | organism that makes is own food |
heteratrough | organism that cant make its own food |
homostasis | the maintenance of your internal temperature |
classification | grouping things based on there similarities |
binomial nomenclature | naming system |
genus | first word in names |
species | indicates unique species |
evolution | the process were species gradually change |
taxonomy | the study of classification |
prokaryote | organisms thats its cell lacks nucleous |
nucleous | dense area in cell that contains nucleic acid |
eukaryone | contains cell with nuclei |