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Biology
Chapter 1.1
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Biology | Science of life | |
| Organism | Anything that has or has had characteristics of life | |
| Organization | Arranged in a orderly way | |
| Development | The process of natural changes that take place during the life of an organism | |
| Reproduction | The production of offspring | |
| Species | A group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring | |
| Stimulus | Anything that is part of either the enviroment and cause some sort of reaction by the organism | |
| Response | The reaction to a stimulus | |
| Homeostasis | Regulation of an organisms internal condition to maintain life | |
| Adaptation | Is any inherited characteristic that results from changes to species over time | |
| Growth | The addition of mass to an organism and the formation of new cells and new structures |