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6th grade science ch. 2 parts 1 and 2

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cell   the basic unit or structure and function in living things  
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unicellular   made of a single cell  
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multicellular   consisting of many cells  
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stimulus   a change in an organisms surroundings that causes the organism to react  
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response   an action or change in behavior that occurs in reaction to a stimulus  
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organism   a living thing  
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homeostasis   the maintenance of stable internal conditions in an organism  
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development   the process that occurs during an organisms life to produce a more complex organism  
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autotroph   an organism that makes its own food  
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heterotroph   an organism that cannot make its own food  
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spontaneous generation   the mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving things  
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binomial nomenclature   the system for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique, two-part scientific name  
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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 classified  
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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 organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring  
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prokaryote   an organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cell structures  
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nucleus   the control center of a eukaryotic cell that directs the cells activities and contains the information that determines the cells form and function  
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eukaryote   an organism whose cell s contain nuclei  
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