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Ch. 2 Vocab Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Organism | Living things |
| Cell | The basic unit of structure and function in an organism |
| Unicellular | Include bacteria |
| Multicellular | Composed of many cells that are specialized to do certain taks |
| Stimulus | Change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react |
| Response | Action or change in behavior |
| Development | Process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism |
| Spontaneous Generation | Mistaken idea that living things can arise from nonliving sources |
| Autotrophes | Organisms that make their own food |
| Heterotrophes | Organisms that cannot make their own food |
| Homeostasis | Maintenance of stable internal conditions |
| Classification | Process of grouping things based on their similarities |
| Taxonomy | Scientific study of how living things are classified |