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.Science Vocab. Blue
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Organism | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently. |
Response | A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent. |
Stimulus | A detectable change in the internal or external environment. |
Cell | The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms. |
Autotroph | A plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances. |
Heterotroph | An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition. |
Eukaryote | An organism whose cells are organized into complex structures enclosed within membranes. |
Prokaryote | A unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei. |
Homeostasis | The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a stable equilibrium. |
Spontaneous Generation | A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter. |
Multicellular | Consisting of many cells |
Unicellular | Having or consisting of a single cell. |