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Lewis-Living Things
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| any living thing | organism |
| the smallest unit of an organism that carries on the function of life | cell |
| anything that causes some change in an organism or causes the organism to react | stimulus |
| an organism's reaction to a stimulus | response |
| an organism's ability to keep the proper conditions inside its body no matter what is going on outside the organism (ex.body temperature) | homeostasis |
| placing similar items or organisms into groups | classification |
| first and largest category of organisms | kingdom |
| Linnaeus' naming system that gives all organisms a unique, two part scientific name (its genus and its species name) | binomial nomenclature |
| a group of similar species | genus |
| smallest category of organisms that can reproduce to produce fertile offspring | species |
| a detailed list of characteristics used to identify an unknown organism | dichotomous key |
| process of changing into a more complex organism | development |
| to produce offspring similar to the parents | reproduce |
| an organism that can produce its own food (ex. plants) | autotroph |
| an organims that cannot produce its own food (ex. animals) | heterotroph |
| center of the cell that controls all functions of the cell | nucleus |
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