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Heredity | The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring. |
Metabolism | The sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism. |
Asexual reproduction | reproduction that does not involve the union of sex cells and in which one parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent. |
Producer | A organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings. |
Consumer | A organism that eats other organisms or organic matter. |
Decomposer | A organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing nutrients. |
Scavenger | A animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse. |
Stimulus | Anything that causes a reaction or change. |
Sexual reproduction | reproduction in which the sex cells from to parents unite to produce offspring. |
Homeostasis | The maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment. |
Cell | The smallest unit that can preform all life processes. |
Response | A reaction of something. |