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LIVING THINGS

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Heterotroph   an organism that cannot make its own food  
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organsim   a living cell  
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cell   the basic unit of structure and function in an organism  
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unicellular   made of a single cell  
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homeostasis   the maintenance of stable internal conditions  
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multicellular   consisting of many cells  
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stimulus   a change in an organisms surrounding that causes the organisms to react  
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response   an action or change that occurs asa result of a stimulus  
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development   the process of change that occurs during an organisms life to produce a more complex organism  
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spontaneous generation   the mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources  
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controlled expierement   an expeiriment in which all factors are identical except one  
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autotroph   an organism that makes its own food  
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classification   the process of grouping things based on their similarities  
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taxonomy   the scientific study of how living things are made  
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binomial nomenclature   the system for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique two part scientific name indicating its genus and species  
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genus   a classification grouping that consists of a number of similar closely related species  
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species   a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and produce  
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evolution   the process which species gradually change overtime  
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prokaryote   are organisms whose cells lack a nucleus  
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nucleus   is a dense are in a cell that contains nucleic acid- the chemical instructions that direct the cells activities  
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eukayote   organisms with cells that contain nuclei  
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