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vocabulary word list
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| unit | units of measurement |
| organism | an individual living thing |
| biotic / abiotic | biotic : any living thing abiotic : not associated with or derived from living organisms |
| unicellular | one cell |
| multicellular | many cells |
| prokaryote | no true nucleus |
| eurkaryote | true nucleus |
| binomial nomenclature | two name naming system |
| kingdom | largest category and it is made up of a group and phyla kingdom contains groups of organisms with similar shared characteristics |
| prefix | means before primary , first primitave or original |
| homeostasis | maintaining a constant stable internal environment |
| excretion | getting rid of metabolic ( cellular ) waste |
| synthesis | building complex material from simple ones and in croporating them into the body |
| respiration | releasing chemical bond from food |
| transport | distribution of materials in and out cells |
| autotrophic | self feed |
| heterotrophic | different ; ingestion , egestion , digestion |
| egestion | solid waste |
| reproduction | the produce of asexual and sexual |
| metabolism | all chemical ( and physiological ) activities of the body |