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cell system part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organism | a living thing |
| cell | the basic unit of a structure and function in living things |
| unicellular | made of a single cell |
| multicellular | consiting many cells |
| stimulus | any change os signal in the environment that can make an organism |
| response | an action o r change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus |
| spontaneous generation | the mistaken idea that living things arise form noliving sourcse |
| homeostasis | the condition in which an oranism"s internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external envirnment |
| characteeistics | a featuere that help identify somthing |
| microscope | an instrument that makes small objects look bigger |
| cell theory | widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things |
| distinguish | to manage to recognize something you can barely see. 2 to pint out a diffrince |
| growth | size or stage of development |
| hand lens | a magnifying glass desigend to be held in the hand |
| magnification | to reproduce its kind as in an organism bear offspring |
| energy | to do work or cause change |
| waste | anything left over |
| reproduce | to reproduce its kink as in an organism bear offspring |