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Living Things
| 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 identical to itself |
| 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 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 unite, producing offspring that share traits from both parents |
| Homeostasis | The maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment |
| Cell | The smallest unit that can perform all life processes; cells are covered by a membrane and have DNA and cytoplasm |
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