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Biology Study of life
Organism Living things
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 Repoduction Process in which genetic material from two parents combines and produces offspring that differ genetically from either parent
Asexual Repoduction Process in which a single cell or set of cells produces off spring that inherit all their genetic material from one parent
Growth AN increase in the size of a cell or in the number of cells in an organsim
Development All of 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 The ability of an organism to respond to a stimulus
stimulus Environmental change that triggers a response
Response AN organisms reaction to a stimulus
Homeostasis Internal stability or steady state maintained by the body
Engergy Required by organisms in order to carry out their processes
Adaptation Inherited characteristics that improves an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in a particular enviorment
Evolution Generation to generation change in the proportion of different inherited genes in a population that accounts for all of the changes that have transformed life over an immense time
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