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Biology Chapter 1
Chapter 1 organisms
Question | Answer |
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adaptation | when an organism changes to survive |
asexual | offspring with one parent |
DNA | found in cells, contains genetic information |
Develop | change over time |
digest | turn food into chemicals for cells |
heredity | passing characteristics to offspring |
homeostasis | an organism's need to stay the same |
metabolism | how a body uses food |
sexual reproduction | new organism from two parents |
stimulus | makes an organism react |
bacteria | single celled organism |
consumer | organism that eats other living things |
Producer | makes its own food |
cell | smallest unit of life |
energy | food |
reproduction | offspring |
decomposers | eats dead organisms |
environment | shelter |
water | cells contain mostly this |
air | needed to breath |
environment | shelter |
oxygen | released by plants |
primary | organisms that eat plants |
secondary | organisms that eat primary consumers |
tertiary | top of the food pyramid |
pyramid | how energy is transferred from producers to tertiary |
fungus | mold |