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Characteristics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 | organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes. |
| Scavenger | an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse. a person who searches for and collects discarded items |
| Stimulus | a thing that rouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive. |
| Sexual reproduction | The production of new living organisms by combining genetic information . |
| Homeostasis | he tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes. |
| Cell | the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane. Microscopic organisms typically consist of a single cell, which is either eukaryotic or prokaryotic |
| Response | a reaction to something. |
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