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char living things
Term | Definition |
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Metabolism | The total of the chemical activities that the organism preforms |
Asexual reproduction | A single parent produces offspring that are identical to the parent. |
Producer | An organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings. |
Consumer | An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter. |
Decomposer | An organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients. |
Scavenger | An animal that feeds on carrion |
Stimulus | Anything that causes a reaction or change in an organism or any part of an organism. |
Sexual reproduction | Two parents produce offspring that will share characteristics. |
Homeostasis | The maintenance of a internal environment. |
Cell | A membrane covered structure that contains all the materials necessary for life. |
Response | A reaction to something. |
Heredity | The passing of traits from one generation to the next. |