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Vocab Quiz Words
Term | Definition |
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Unit | used as a standard for measurement of the same quantity |
Organism | any individual living thing |
Biotic | living things in the enviroment |
Abiotic | nonliving factors in the enviroment |
Unicellular | consisting of of single cell |
Multicelluar | consisting of many cells |
Prokaryotic (cell) | any of the unicellular microorganisms that lack a distinct nucleus |
Eukaryotic (cell) | an organism that cells consist of a nucleus surrounded by a membrane and DNA that is bound together by proteins |
Binomial Nomenclature | system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism |
Kingdom | highest classification in which living organisms are classified into Linnean taxonomy |
Prefix(es) | used to form decimal decimal multiples and submultiples of SI units |
Homeostasis | regulation and maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism |
Excretion | the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter |
Synthesis | the formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things |
Respiration | the act of breathing or inhaling |
Transport | the movement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane |
Autotrophic (nutrition) | able to perform organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide |
Heterotrophic (nutrition) | an organism that cannot produce its own food |
Egestion | the discharge or expulsion of undigested material from a cell in case of unicellular organisms |
Reproduction | making a copy of something |
Metabolism | the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life |