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classification
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 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 | 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 eats 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 the sex cells from two parents |
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