The sum total of all processes in an organism which convert energy and matter from outside sources and use that energy to sustain the organism's life function.

The sum total f all processes in an organism which use energy ad simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life.

The sum of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy ans simple chemical building blocks.

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food.

Organisms that eat only plants.

Organisms that eat only organisms other then plants.

Organisms that ea both plants and other organisms

Organisms that produce their own food.

Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food.

Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms.

Organisms that are able to make their own food.

Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food.

Special structures that allow living organisms to sense that conditions of their internal or external environment.

Reproduction accomplished by a single organism.

Reproduction that requires two organisms.

The process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent (or parents) to the offspring.

An abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of it's parents.

An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question.

A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data.

A theory has been tested by ans consistent with generations of data.

Living creatures that are too small to see with a naked eye.

The idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions.

A cell that has no distinct membrane-bounded organelles.

A cell with distinct membrane-bounded organelles.

A unit of on or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and care reproductively isolated from other such units.

The science of classifying organisms.

Nmaing an rganism with it's genus and species name.

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Biology words

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Metabolism	The sum total of all processes in an organism which convert energy and matter from outside sources and use that energy to sustain the organism's life function.
Anabolism	The sum total f all processes in an organism which use energy ad simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life.
Catabolism	The sum of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy ans simple chemical building blocks.
Photosythesis	The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food.
Herbivores	Organisms that eat only plants.
Carnivores	Organisms that eat only organisms other then plants.
Omnivores	Organisms that ea both plants and other organisms
Producers	Organisms that produce their own food.
Consumers	Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food.
Decomposers	Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms.
Autotrophs	Organisms that are able to make their own food.
Hetertrophs	Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food.
Receptors	Special structures that allow living organisms to sense that conditions of their internal or external environment.
Asexual Reproduction	Reproduction accomplished by a single organism.
Sexual Reproduction	Reproduction that requires two organisms.
Inheritance	The process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent (or parents) to the offspring.
Mutation	An abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of it's parents.
Hypothesis	An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question.
Theory	A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data.
Scientific Law	A theory has been tested by ans consistent with generations of data.
Microorganisms	Living creatures that are too small to see with a naked eye.
Abiogenesis	The idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions.
Prokaryotic Cell	A cell that has no distinct membrane-bounded organelles.
Eukaryotic Cell	A cell with distinct membrane-bounded organelles.
Species	A unit of on or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and care reproductively isolated from other such units.
Taxonomy	The science of classifying organisms.
Binomial Nomendature	Nmaing an rganism with it's genus and species name.

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