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Science Ch 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organism | living thing |
| cell | basic unit of function and structure of all living things |
| unicellular | one cell |
| multicellular | many cells |
| metabolism | combination of chemical reactions organisms build up or break down materials |
| stimulus | change in surrounding causing organism to react |
| response | action or change in behavior |
| development | process of change that occurs during organisms life |
| asexual reproduction | one parent |
| sexual reproduction | two parents |
| spontaneous generation | mistaken idea living things arise from nonliving sources |
| controlled experiment | series of tests identical except for one factor |
| autotroph | makes own food |
| heterotroph | cannot make own food |
| homeostasis | stable internal conditions |
| classification | process of grouping things based on similarities |
| taxonomy | study of how organisms classified |
| binomial nomenclature | two part scientific name |