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vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | The passing of genetic traits from parent offspring |
| Metabolism | The sum of all chemical process that occurs in an organism |
| Asexual reproduction | Reproduction that does not involve the union |
| 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 organism or animal waste and consuming or absorbing the nutrients |
| scavenger | An animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse. |
| Stimulus | anything that causes a 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 offspring that share traits of both parents |
| Homeostasis | the maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment |
| Cell | in biology the smallest unit that can perform all life processes; cells are covered by a membrane and contain DNA and cytopplasm |
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