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vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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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