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cell sytem part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organism | a living thing |
| cell | the basic unit of structure and function in living things |
| unicelluar | made of a single cell |
| multicellualar | consisting of many cells |
| stimulus | any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way. |
| reponse | an action or change of behavior that occurs as a resul of a stim ulus |
| spontaneous genration | the mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources |
| homeostasis | the condition in which an organisms internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external |