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Chapter 1 Science
Chapter 1 Science Terms
Hint | Answer |
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A living thing | Organism |
The basic unit of structure and function in an organism | Cell |
A type of organism that is made up of a single cell | Unicellular |
A type of organism that is made up of many cells | Multicellular |
The process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism | Development |
A change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react | Stimulus |
An action or change in behavior | Response |
The production of offspring that are similar to the parents | Reproduce |
The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources | Spontaneous generation |
An expirament in which all factors are identical except one | Controlled expirament |
Any factor that can change in an expirament | Variable |
An organism that makes its own food | Autotrophs |
An organism that cannot make its own food | Heterotroph |
The maintenence of stable internal conditions despite changes in the surroundings | Homeostasis |
The process of grouping things based on their similarities | Classification |
The scientific study of how living things are classified | Taxonomy |
An organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cell structures | Prokaryote |
An organism with cells that contain nuclei and other cell structures | Eukaryote |