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Living Things

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single-celled organism   the first living things to evolve on Earth were  
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metabolism   the sum of all chemical activities essential to life  
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stimulus   any change in the environment of an organism  
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response   reaction of an organism to a stimulus  
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reproduction   process by which an organism produces offspring  
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asexual reproduction   reproduction involving only one organism  
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asexual reproduction   offspring identical to parent  
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sexual reproduction   reproduction involving both a male and female parent  
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sexual reproduction   offspring will be unique---possessing a combination of traits from each parent  
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sun   the primary source of energy for almost all living things  
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requirements of all organism   food, water, living space, and energy  
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homeostasis   the ability of an organism to keep conditions constant inside its body when the outside environment changes  
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carbon   most inorganic compounds do not contain  
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organic compounds important to life are   carbohydrates, fats, oils, proteins, enzymes and nucleic acids  
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dna and rna   the nucleic acids that carry information that controls the building of proteins  
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dna   the blueprint for life  
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dna   directs the development of an organism's offspring  
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photosynthesis   earth's early atmosphere was changed dramatically by the evolution of  
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spontaneous generation   the theory that life could spring from nonliving matter  
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digestion   the building up and breaking down of chemical substances necessary for life  
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dna   the complex compound that carries the information needed to make proteins  
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competition   the struggle among lving things to obtain the resources need for survival  
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respiration   the process of combining oxygen with the products of digestion to produce energy  
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oxygen   green plants produce this waste product during photosynthesis  
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excretion   the process of getting rid of body wastes  
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