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Char Living Things
Term | Definition |
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Heredity | the passing of genetics from parent to off-spring |
Metabolism | all chemical process that occur in an organism |
Asexual Reproduction | one parent produces off-spring that are genetically identical to the parent |
Producer | organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings |
Consumer | organism that eats other organisms |
Decomposer | organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming the nutrients |
Scavenger | an animal that feeds carrion, dead plant material, or refuse |
Stimulus | anything that causes reaction or change in an organism or any part of an organism |
Sexual Reproduction | reproduction in which the sex cells from two parents unite to produce off-spring that share traits from both parents |
Homeostasis | the maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing enviroment |
Cell | smallest unit that can perform all life processes |
Response | a reaction to something |