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LC Biology chapter 2
characteristics of life
Term | Definition |
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characteristics of life | biological organization nutrition excretion response reproduction |
diversity of life | (biodiversity) large variety of living organisms on earth |
life | organic-based object that possesses characteristics of metabolism and continuity of life |
metabolism | sum of all chemical reactions in an organism |
continuity of life | how cells arise from cells of the same type and organisms arise from organisms of the same type |
biological organization | levels of complexity in an organism cell->tissue->organ->organ system->organism->population->community->ecosystem->biosphere |
nutrition | how organisms obtain and use food |
excretion | getting rid of waste products of metabolism |
diffusion | movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration |
response | how living organisms react to their environment |
reproduction | hoe new offspring is produced from their parent(s) |
autotrophic nutrition | organism makes its own food |
heterotrophic nutrition | organism gets its food from another living organism |
homeostasis | a relatively constant, self-correcting internal environment all organisms must maintain |
4 macromolecules (molecules of life) | nucleic acids (RNA, DNA) proteins carbohydrates lipids |