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Vocabulary word list
vocab words
Term | Definition |
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Homeostasis | maintaining a stable internal environment. |
Respiration | releasing chemical energy from food. |
Excretion | process by which metabolic waste is eliminated from an organism. |
Synthesis | building complex material from simpler ones. making something. |
Egestion | remove solid waste. |
Metabolism | all chemical and physiological activities of the body. |
Organism | any living thing. |
Heterotrophic | different. |
Eukaryotic | true nucleus. |
Unicellular | one cell. |
Taxonomy | a branch of biology specializing in organizing living things. |
Chordates | animal phylum chordata. |
Multicellular | many cells. |
Prokaryotic | no true nucleus |
Genus | consist of more than one (1) closely related species. |
Binomial nomenclature | means “two name” naming system, which is universally known and understood by scientists. |
Autotrophic | self feed. auto = self trophic = feed. |
Asexual | self reproduction. |
Regulation | adapt to enviroment. |
Kingdom | largest category and it is made up of a group of phyla. |