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2.1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organisms | A living thing like your pets,plants,and insects you might even name yourself. |
| Cell | is a basic unit structure and function in an organism. |
| Unicellular | include bacteria the most numerous organisms on Earth. |
| Multicellular | are composed of many cells that are specialized to do certain tasks. |
| Stimulus | a change in an organisms surroundings that causes the organisms to react. |
| Response | an action or change in behavior. |
| Development | is the process of that change that occurs during an organism’s life to produce more complex organism. |
| Spontaneous Generation | the mistaken idea that living things can arise from nonliving sources. |
| Autotrophs | organisms that make their own food. |
| Heterotrophs | organisms that can not make their own food. |
| Homeostrasis | the maintenance of stable internal conditions. |