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unit 2 vocabulary
vocabulary 2 living environment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biology | is the natural science that studies life and living organisms, |
| organism | an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form. |
| biotic (factor) | are the living components of an ecosystem and are sorted into three groups |
| abiotic factor | Abiotic variables found in terrestrial ecosystems can include things like rain, |
| Prokaryotic/Prokaryote | is a unicellular organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus, mitochondria, |
| Eukaryotic/Eukaryote | belong to the domain Eukaryota or Eukarya. ... Eukaryotic cells also contain other membrane-bound |
| Unicellular | consisting of a single cell. |
| Multicellular | (of an organism or part) having or consisting of many cells. |
| Autotrophic/Autotroph | Plants are the prime example of autotrophs, using photosynthesis. |
| Heterotrophic/Heterotroph | A heterotroph is an organism that cannot produce its own food, relying instead on the intake of nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter. |
| Respiration | the action of breathing. |
| Aerobic | relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen. |
| anaerbic | relating to, involving, or requiring an absence of free oxygen |
| Regulation | a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. |
| reproduction | the action or process of making a copy of something. |
| sexual | relating to the instincts, physiological processes, and activities connected with physical attraction |
| asexual | without sexual feelings or associations. |
| nutrition | Nutrition is the science that interprets the interaction of nutrients |
| Excretion | living organisms and cells) the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter. |
| Transport | take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship |
| Synthesis | combination or composition, in particula |
| Growth | the process of increasing in physical size. |
| metabolism | the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. |
| Homeostasis | the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, |