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Studying Life
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biology | the study of life |
| spontaneous generation | the idea that life could arise from nonliving matter |
| cell | smallest units of an organism that can be considered alive |
| sexual reproduction | a form of reproduction in which two cells from different parents unite to produce the first cell of the new organism |
| asexual reproduction | a form of reproduction in which the new organism has a single parent |
| metabolism | the combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life processes |
| stimulus | a signal to which an organism responds |
| homeostasis | the process by which organisms keep internal conditions fairly constant to survive |
| evolution | change over time |
| cell culture | a group of cells |
| cell fractionation | a technique in which cells are broken into pieces and the different cell parts are separated |