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Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Metabolism | the sum of all chemical processes that occur in all organisms. |
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 | an organism that can make its own food by the 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 organisms or animal wastes 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 sex cells from two parents unite to produce offspring that shares triats from 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 cytoplasm. |
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