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chapter 1
living things
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| orgnism | living thing |
| cell | the basic unit of structure in an organism |
| unicelluler | consist of one cell |
| multicellular | consits of more than one cell |
| stimulas | change in an organisms surroundings that make the animal react. |
| response | change in behavior that makes the animal react to stimulus |
| developmeant | the process of change in an organisms life that makes a more conplxe organism |
| spontanius generatin | the mistaken idea that living things can come from nonliving things |
| controlled experiment | an expirimeant that the same in every way but one |
| autotrough | organism that makes is own food |
| heteratrough | organism that cant make its own food |
| homostasis | the maintenance of your internal temperature |
| classification | grouping things based on there similarities |
| binomial nomenclature | naming system |
| genus | first word in names |
| species | indicates unique species |
| evolution | the process were species gradually change |
| taxonomy | the study of classification |
| prokaryote | organisms thats its cell lacks nucleous |
| nucleous | dense area in cell that contains nucleic acid |
| eukaryone | contains cell with nuclei |