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Chapter 2 Vocab 1st
Coach Gibbs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SECTION 1.1: are made of small building blocks called cells. | Organism |
| the basic unit of structure and function in an organism. | Cells |
| single celled | Unicellular |
| many celled | Multicellular |
| a change in an organisms surroundings that causes the organism to react. | Stimulus |
| an action or change in behavior | Response |
| the process of change that occurs during an organisms life to produce a more complex organism. | Development |
| the mistaken idea that living things can arise from nonliving sources. | Spontaneous Generation |
| Organisms that make their own food | Autotroph |
| organisms that cannot make their own food | Heterotroph |
| the maintenance of stable internal conditions | Homeostasis |
| SECTION 2.2:the process of grouping things based on their similarities | Classification |
| the scientific study of how living based on their similarities | Taxonomy |
| two names | Binomial Nomenclature |
| a classification grouping that contains similar, closely related organisms | Genus |
| a grouping of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce | Species |
| organisms whose cells lack a nucleus | Prokaryotes |
| a dense area in a cell that contains nucleic acid | Nucleus |
| organisms with cells that contain nuclei | Eukaryotes |
| SECTION 2.3:an instrument that makes small objects look larger | Microscope |
| a widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things | Cell theory |