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Chapter 1, Lesson 1
what is life?
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organism | a living thing |
| cell | basic unit of structure |
| sexual reproduction | 2 parents combine their genetic material to produce a new organism that differs from both parents |
| development | the process of change that occurs during an organism's life , producing a more complicated organism |
| response | an action or change in behavior |
| stimlus | a change in an organism that causes it to react |
| multicellur | multiple celled organism |
| unicellular | single celled organism |
| spontaneous genertaion | the mistaken idea that living things can arise from non-living things |
| metabolism | the combination of chemical reactions a cell builds up/breaks down |
| controlled experiment | an experiment when a scientist comes out a series of tests that are identical in every aspect except for one factor |
| asexual reproduction | one parent produces an offspring identical to the parent |
| autotraph | organism that makes its own food |
| homeostatis | the maintenance of a stable internal condition |
| heterotrophs | organisms that can't make their own food |