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Vocabulary Word List
Term | Definition |
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Unit | are standards for measurement of physical |
Organism | any individual living thing |
Biotic/Abiotic | any thing that living/ any thing that's non-living |
Unicellular | single celled organism |
Multicellular | a complex organism, made up of many cells |
Prokaryotic (cell) | cell that does not have a nucleus |
Eukaryotic (cell) | a cell that has a nucleus |
Binomial Nomenclature | naming system in which each species is given a two-part scientific name |
Kingdom | classification adopted by many biologists |
Prefix(es) | used by biologists in constructing scientific names and terminology. |
Homeostasis | regulation and maintenance of constants |
Excretion | Excretion is the process by which metabolic wastes and other non-useful materials are eliminated from an organism. |
Sysnthesis | production of a substance by the union of chemical elements, groups, or simpler compounds |
Respiration | he act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air ,breathing |
Transport | he movement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane in the direction opposite that of diffusion |
Autotrophic (nutrition) | In most instances the light source is solar energy, the process being photosynthesis. |
Heterotrophic (nutrition) | An organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances, usually plant or animal matter. |
Egestion | is the discharge or expulsion of undigested material (food) from a cell in case of unicellular organisms |
Reproduction | produce one or more other individuals of by some process of generation or propagation, sexual or asexual. |
Metabolism | some substances are broken down |