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5 To Stay Alive! P1

The 5 characteristics of Life Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Homeostasis Keeping your insides in balance
Metabolism All the chemical reactions inside of a cell or an organism
Reproduction the process of making offspring
Heredity The passing of traits from parents to offspring
Cellular Organization all living things are made of one or more cells; cells are the basic unit of life
Homeostasis maintaining a stable internal environment
Homeostasis The ability of the body or a cell to seek and maintain a condition of equilibrium or stability within its internal environment when dealing with external changes
Homeostasis The tendency of an organism or a cell to regulate its internal conditions, usually by a system of feedback controls, so as to stabilize health and functioning, regardless of the outside changing conditions
Metabolism The process involving a set of chemical reactions that modifies a molecule into another for storage, or for immediate use in another reaction or as a by product.
Metabolism the ability to use energy
Metabolism the ability to participate in growth and repair of cells, tissues and organs
Reproduction The production of offspring by organized bodies.
Asexual Reproduction Reproduction that requires only one parent
Sexual Reproduction Reproduction that requires two parents
Heredity The passing of genetic factors from parent to offspring (or from one generation to the next)
Homeostasis the maintenance of stable internal conditions in spite of changes in the external environment
Metabolism living things use energy to grow and move
Metabolism physical and chemical changes in an organism in which energy is released or used
Reproduction the process by which organisms make more of their own kind
Gene the basic unit of heredity found on DNA
Virus A non-living particle, which contains genetic material, capable of causing sickness in living things
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