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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 of signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way |
| response | an action or change in behavior that occurs as a results of a stimulus |
| spontaneous generation | 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 environment |
| characteristics | a feature that helps to identify something |
| microscope | an instrument that makes small objects look larger |
| cell theory | a widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things |
| distinguish | to manage to recognize something you can barley see to point out a difference |
| growth | size or |