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Bio 110
The Properties of Life
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Order | All living things exhibit complex but ordered organization. |
| Regulation | The environment outside an organism may change, but the organism can adjust its internal environment keeping it within appropriate limits. |
| Growth and Development | Information carried by DNA, this controls pattern of growth and development in all organisms. |
| Energy Processing | Organisms take in energy and use it to perform all of life's activities; they emit engergy as heat. |
| Response to the environment | All organisms respond to environmental stimuli. |
| Reproduction | Organisms who reproduce their own kind. |
| Evolution | Reproduction underlies the capacity of populations to change(evolve) over time. |