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Term | Definition |
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Heredity | The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring. |
Metabolism | The sum of all chemical processes that occur in a organism. |
cell | The smallest unit that perform all life processes. |
Producer | A organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings. |
Consumer | An organism that eats other organisms. |
Decomposer | An organsism thats gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organism. |
Stimulus | A thing or event that evokes a specific |
Asexual reproduction | reproduction that does not involve the union of the sex cells and which one part produces offspring that are geneticlly. |
Sexual reproduction | reproduction in which the sex cells from two parents unite to produce off spring that share traits. |
Scavenger | an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse. a person who searches for and collects discarded items. |
Homeostasis | Maintenance of a constant internal state. |
Response | A verbal or written answer. |