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Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Biology Chapter 1 Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biology | The study of living things. |
| Biologists | People who study biology. |
| Organism | Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life. |
| Organization | They are arranged in an orderly way. |
| Tissues | An aggregate of cells in an organism that has similar structure and function. |
| Cell | The structural, functional and biological unit of all organisms. |
| Organ System | A group of organs that work together to carry out a particular task. |
| Organ | A group of tissues that perform a specific function or group of functions. (Digestion and reproduction.) |
| Development | The process of natural changes that take place during the life or an organism. |
| Reproduction | The production (making) of offspring(s). |
| Species | A group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring. |
| Growth | Results in the addition of mass to an organism and, in many organisms, the formation of new cells and new structures. |
| An organism's external environment | All things surrounding it and in it. |
| Stimulus | Anything that is part of either environment and causes some sort of reaction by the organism. |
| Response | The reaction to a stimulus. |
| Homeostasis | Regulation of an organism's internal conditions to maintain life. |
| Adaptation | Any characteristic that results from changes to s species over time. It also enables species to survive. |
| Bioengineering | |
| Biotechnology | |
| Environmental Biologists |