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Biology
Chapter 1.1
Term | Definition | |
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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 |