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Science Vocab Words
| Ch. 2 Vocab. Terms | Definition |
|---|---|
| 2.1 Organism | Any living thing. |
| Cell | The basic unit of structure and function in an organism. |
| Unicellular | Single celled organisms. |
| Multicellular | Composed of many cells that are specialized to do certain tasks. |
| Stimulus | A change in a organisms surroundings that causes the organism to react. |
| Response | An action or change in behavior. |
| Devopment | The process of change that occurs during an organisms life to produce a more complex organism. |
| Spontaneous Generation | Mistaken idea that living things can arise from nonliving sources. |
| Autotroph | Organisms that make their own food. |
| Heterotrophs | Organisms that cannot make their own food. |
| Homeostasis | The maintenance of stable internal conditions. |
| 2.2 | |
| Classification | Process of grouping things based on their similarities. |
| Taxonomy | Scientific study of how living things are classified. |
| Binomial Nomenclature | Naming system Linnaeus. |
| Species | A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce. |
| Prokaryotes | Organisms whose cells lack a nucleus. |
| Eukaryotes | Organisms with cells that contain nuclei. |
| 2.3 | |
| Microscope | Instrument that makes small object look larger. . |
| Cell Theory | Widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things. |
| Cell | form the parts of an organism and carry out all of an organisms processes,or function. |
| 2.4 |