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Cell System part.1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |