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Ch.2 Vocab Terms

QuestionAnswer
Organism Living Things
Cell The basic unit of structure and function in sn organism
Unicellular One cell organisms
Multicellular Many cell organisms
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 reproduce a more complex organism
Spontaneous Generation Mistaken idea that living things can arise from nonliving sources
Autotrophs Organisms that make their own food
Heterotrophs Organisms that cannot make their own food
Homeostasis Maintenance of stable internal condations
2.1 Vocab Words
Classifications Process of grouping things based on their similarities
Taxonomy Scientific study of how living things are classified
Binomial Nomenclature Two part naming system
Genus Classifications grouping that contains similar, closely related organisms: First name of a scientific name
Species A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other & produce offspring;second part of a scientific name
Prokaryotes Organisms whose cells lack a nucleus
Nucleus dense area in a cell that contains nucleic acids
Eukaryotes Organisms with cells that contain nucleus
2.3 Vocab.
Microscope Instrument that makes small objects look larger
Cell Theory Widely accepted explaination of the relationship between cells & living things
2.4 Vocab Words
Organelle Carry out specific functions within the cell
Cell Wall Rigid layer of living material that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms
Cell Membrane
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