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How to define life
Mader 1.1
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organisms | Groups of living things |
| Cell | Smallest unit that displays the properties of life |
| Unicellular | Made up of a single cell |
| Multicellular | Organism composed of many cells |
| Emergent Properties | Quality that appears as biological complexity increases |
| Energy | Capacity to do work and bring about change |
| Metabolism | All of the chemical reactions that occur in a cell during growth or repair |
| Photosynthesis | Process occurring usually within chloroplasts whereby chlorophyll-containing organelles trap solar energy to reduce carbon dioxide to carbohydrate |
| Homeostasis | Maintenance of normal internal conditions in a cell or an organism by means of self-regulating mechanisms |
| Reproduce | To produce a new individual of the same kind |
| Genes | Unit of heredity existing as alleles on the chromosomes |
| Adaptations | Organism’s modification in structure, function, or behavior suitable to the environment |
| Natural selection | Mechanism of evolution caused by environmental selection of organisms most fit to reproduce |
| Species | Group of similarly constructed organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring |
| Evolution | Decent of organisms from common ancestors with the development of genetic and phenotypic changes over time that make them more suited to the environment |