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2.1 Science
Chapter 2 Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Organism | living things |
| Cell | the basic unit of structure and function in an organism |
| Unicellular | single-celled organisms,including bacteria |
| Multicellular | organisms that are composed of many cells that are specialized to do a certain task |
| Stimulus | a change in an organism’s surroundings that cause the organism to react |
| Response | an action or change in behavior |
| Development | the process of change that occurs during an organism’s life to produce a more complex organism |
| Spontaneous Generation | life to produce a more complex organism |
| Autotrophs | organisms that make their own food |
| Heterotrophs | organisms that cannot make their own food |
| Homeostasis | the maintenance of stable internal conditions |