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science chapter 3
Living Things in the Biosphere
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organism | Organism is any living thing |
| Characteristics | The answer is that all organisms share several important characteristics |
| Cells | Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things |
| unicellular | organism one cell carries out functions necessary to stay alive |
| multicellular | you are multicellular organism with trillions of cells |
| Stimulus | Stimuli include changes in light sound |
| Response | an action or a change in behavior |
| Spontaneous generation | It took hundreds of years and many experiments to convince people that spontaneous generation does not occur |
| homeostasis | All organisms maintain homeostasis to stay alive |