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Term | Definition |
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Organism | A living thing. |
Reproduction | To produce offspring. The ability to reproduce is a characteristic of all living things. |
Species | A group of similar organisms that breed and produce fertile offspring in nature. |
Unicellular (you-knee-cell-you-lar) | One-celled. |
Cell | The smallest structural unit or "building block" of life. |
Characteristic | A distinctive feature; a trait. |
Homeostasis (home-ee-oh-stay-sis) | The maintenance of a balanced internal environment. |
Heterotroph (het-err-oh-trof) | Organisms not able to make their own food. |
Redi | Experiment with meat and maggots proving life comes from life. |
Pasteur | Experiment with broth and bacteria proving life comes from life. |
Hooke | First to recognize cells under a microscope. |
Leeuwenhoek | First to see moving organisms under a microscope. |
Schleiden | All plants made of cells. |
Schwan | All animals made of cells. |
Virchow | new cells come from cells that already exist |
Cell Theory part 1 | 1. All living organisms are made of cells organisms. 3. All cells are produced from other cells. |
Cell theory Part 2 | 2.cells are the basic unit of structure and function living organisms |
Cell theory part 3 | 3. All cells are produced from other cells. |