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chapter 1 lesson 1
what is life
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cell | the basic unit of structure in living things |
| organism | a living thing |
| unicellular | made of a single cell |
| multicellular | consisting of many cells |
| metabolism | the combination of chemicalreaction through which |
| 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 process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce another organism. |
| spontaneous generation | The mistaken idea that living things came out of non living things |
| controlled experiment | An experiment in witch only one variable is manipulated at a time |
| autotroph | An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food |
| heterotroph | An organism that can not make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things |
| homeostasis | The conditioning which an organismâs internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment |