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Question | Answer |
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organism | any form of life |
cell | controls the organism |
stimulus | rouses activity or energy |
response | a reaction to an event |
adaptation | special, inherited characteristic that helps an organism better survive in its environment and which is developed over time |
homeostasis | natural stability in an ecosystem that keeps it from undergoing radical change and helps it recover when stresses are so great that they cause serious problems |
development | act of developing |
life span | length of time in which an organism lives |
spontaneous generation | the supposed product of living organisms from nonliving matter |
biogenesis | the synthesis of substances by living organisms |