The science of life and living things

A form of life considered as an entity; an animal, plant, fungus, protistan, or moneran

An mass of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.

A grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task.

any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops

any organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type that contains specialized organelles in the cytoplasm, a membrane-bound nucleus enclosing genetic material organized into chromosomes, and a system of division by mitosis or meiosis

reproduction involving the union of gametes.

Asexual reprodyuction

reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes

the act or process of developing; growth; progress

the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available.

any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists.

an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food.

the ability to be excited to a characteristic action or function by the application of some stimulus

something that excites an organism or part to functional activity.

any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.

the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.

the capacity for vigorous activity; available power

any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment.

change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.

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Biology Vocab for C Period Biology

Term	Definition
Biology	The science of life and living things
Organism	A form of life considered as an entity; an animal, plant, fungus, protistan, or moneran
Tissue	An mass of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
Organ	A grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task.
Prokaryote	any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops
Eukaryote	any organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type that contains specialized organelles in the cytoplasm, a membrane-bound nucleus enclosing genetic material organized into chromosomes, and a system of division by mitosis or meiosis
Sexual reproduction	reproduction involving the union of gametes.
Asexual reprodyuction	reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes
Growth	size or stage of development
Development	the act or process of developing; growth; progress
Metabolism	the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available.
Autotroph	any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists.
Heterotroph	an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food.
Irritability	the ability to be excited to a characteristic action or function by the application of some stimulus
Stimulus	something that excites an organism or part to functional activity.
Response	any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
Homeostasis	the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
Energy	the capacity for vigorous activity; available power
Adaptation	any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment.
Evolution	change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.

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