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Chapter 1: Section 1
Chapter 1: Section 1 MMT
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biology | The study of life |
| Organization | The high degree of order within an organism's internal and external parts and in its interactions with the living world |
| Cell | In biology, the smallest unit that can perform all life processes |
| Unicellular | Made up of one cell |
| Multicellular | Made up of more than one cell |
| Organ | A collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body |
| Tissue | A collection of specialized cells and cell products that perform a specific function |
| Organelle | One of the small bodies that are found in the cytoplasm of a cell and that are specialized to perform a specific function |
| Biological Molecule | Chemical compound that provides physical structure and brings about movement, energy use, and other cellular functions |
| Homeostasis | the steady-state physiological condition of the body |
| Metabolism | The sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism |
| Cell Division | The formation of two cells from one existing cell |
| Development | The gene-directed process by which an organism matures |
| Reproduction | The process of producing offspring |
| Gene | The short segment of DNA that contains the instructions of a single trait |