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mturrell-characteris

TermDefinition
biology study of life
organism living thing
tissue cooperating unit of many similar cells that perform a specific function
organ unit consisting of several tissues that together perform a specific task
prokaryote cell lacking a nucleus and most other organelles
eukaryote cell with a nucleus (surrounded by its own membrane) and other internal organelles
sexual reproduction process in which genetic material from two parents combines and produces offspring that differ genetically from either parent
asexual reproduction process in which a single cell or set of cells produces offspring that inherit all their genetic material from one parent
growth increase in the number of cells or the size of a cell
development all the changes an organism goes through in its lifetime
metabolism all of a cell's chemical processes
autotroph organism that makes its own food
heterotroph organism that obtains food by eating other organisms
irritability an organism's ability to respond to a stimulus
stimulus environmental change that triggers a response
response an organism's reaction to a stimulus
homeostasis internal stability or "steady state" maintained by the body
energy something required in order for an organism to carry out its life process
adaptation inherited characteristic that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
evolution generation-to-generation change in the proportion of different inherited genes in a population that account for all of the changes that have transformed life over an immense time
Created by: 2016turrellm
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