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Chapter 1, Lesson 1

What is life

TermDefinition
Organism a living thing
Cell A basic unit of structure and function in living things
Unicellular Made of a single cell
Multicellular consisting of many cells
Metabolism The combination of chemical reactions though which an 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 acting or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus
Development The prosses of change that occurs during an organisms life to produce a more complex organism
Asexual Reproduction A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produce 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 which differs from both parents
Spontaneous Generation The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources
Controlled Experiment An experiment in which only variable is manipulated at a home
Autotroph An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce it's own food
Heterotroph An organism that can not make it's own food and gets food by consuming other living things
homeostasis The condition in which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment
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