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biology vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biology | the study of life |
| organization | orderly structure shown by living things |
| stimulus | any change in an organization's internal or external environment that causes the organism to react |
| homeostasis | regulation of an organism's internal or external environment to maintain conditions needed for life |
| adaptation | inherited characteristic of a species that develops over time in response to an environmental factor, enabling the species to survive |
| theory | explanation of a natural phenomenon based on many observations and investigations over time |
| species | group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring |
| reproduction | production of offspring |
| development | changes an organism undergoes in its lifetime before reaching its adult form |
| metabolism | all of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism |
| organism | anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life |
| response | organism's reaction to a stimulus |
| inference | assumption based on prior experience |