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7th Life Science
Living Things in the Biosphere Lesson 1 & 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organism | a living thing |
| Cell | basic unit of structure and function in living things |
| Unicellular | made of a single cell |
| Multicellular | consisting of many cells |
| Stimulus | any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way |
| Response | an action or change in behavior that occurs as a result 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 | features that help to identify something |
| Species | |
| Classification | |
| Genus | |
| Binomial Nomenclature | |
| Taxonomy | |
| Domain | |
| Evolution | |
| Convergent Evolution | |
| Determine |