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Chapter 1 Section 1
Biology Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biology | the study of life |
| Organism | anything that has or once had the 8 characteristics of life |
| Organization | arranged in an orderly way |
| Growth | results in addition of mass |
| Development | process of natural changes that take places in an organism's life |
| Reproduction | production of offspring |
| Species | group of organisms that breed with one another and produce fertile offspring |
| Stimulus | part of environment, causes reaction by an organism |
| Response | reaction to stimulus |
| Homeostasis | regulation of organism's internal conditions to maintain life |
| Adaption | inherited characteristic that results from changes to species over time |