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Cell System part.1
Term | Definition |
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Organism | a living thing |
Cell | the basic unit of structure and function in living things |
Unicellular | made of a single cell |
Multicellular | consisting of many cells |
Stimulus | any change or single change in the environment that can make an organism react in some way |
Respond | an action or change in behavior that occurs as an results of a stimulus |
Spontaneous generation | the mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources |
Homeostasis | the condition in which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment |
Characteristics | a feature that helps to identify something |
Microscope | an instruments that makes small objects look bigger |
Cell Theory | a widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things |
Distinguish | to manage to recognize you can barley see 2 point out a difference |
Growth | size or stage of development |
Hand Lens | a magnifying glass designed to be held in the hand |
Magnification | to increase the apparent size of an object |
Reproduce | to reproduce its kind,as in an organisms;bear offspring |
Energy | the ability to do work or cause change |
Waste | anything left over or not of use |