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What is life?
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cell | The basic unit of structure and function of living things. |
| Organism | A living thing. |
| Unicellulaar | Made of a single cell. |
| Multicellular | Consisting of many cells. |
| Metabolism | The combination of chemical reactions through which a organism builds up or breaks down materials . |
| Stimulus | Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way. |
| Response | An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus . |
| Development | The process of change that occurs during an organism 's life to produce a more complex organism. |
| Asexual Reproduction | A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent. |
| Sexual Reproduction | A reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism |
| Spontaneous Generation | The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources |
| Controlled Experiment | |
| Autotroph | |
| Heterotroph | |
| Homeostasis |