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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 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 l 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 gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organism or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients. |
Scavenger | An animal that feeds on dead organic matter. |
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 to produce offspring that share traits from both parents |
Homeostasis | `The maintenance of 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 |
Response | any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus. |