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Science Ch 1
Question | Answer |
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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 |