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Cell system pt-1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organism | a living thing |
| cell | the basic unit of structure and function in living things |
| unicelluar | made of a single cell |
| multicelluar | consisting of many cells |
| stimulus | any change or signal in the inviorment that can make an organism react in some way |
| response | an action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of stimulus |
| spontaneous generation | the mistaken idea that living things arise from non livng sources |
| homeastasis | the condition in witch an organisms internal enviorment is kept stable in spit of changes in the eternal enviorment |
| charecteristics | a feature that helps to identify something |
| microscope | an insturment that makes small objects larger |
| cell theropy | a widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things |
| distinguish | to manage to reconize something you can baerly see to point out a diffrence |
| growth | size or stage of develoment |
| hand lens | a maginifying class designed to be held in the hand |
| magnification | to increase the imparent size of an object |
| reproduce | to produce its kind, as an organism bear offspring |
| energy | the abbility to work or cause change |
| waste | anything left over or not of use |