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BIO CHAPTER 1
DEFINITIONS
Term | Definition |
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Unicellular organisms | One cell |
Multicellular organisms | More than one cell |
Producers | (Autotrophs) an organism that makes its own organic molecules from inorganic compounds |
Consumers | (Heterotrophs) an organism that cannot produce its own food and must feed on other organisms |
Decomposers | an organism that obtains energy by chemically breaking down the products, wastes, or remains of other organisms. |
Adaptive Traits | A trait with a current functional role in life of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection |
Taxaonomy | Living things that are classified according to their characteristics |
Variables | Factors that might vary during an experiment |
Control group | Standard for comparison (against experimental group) usually gets placebo |
Experimental group | Tests the controlled variable - the one of interest |