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Biology Ch. 1.1 &1.2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biosphere | All living things and all the places they are found on Earth |
| Biodiversity | variety of life |
| species | a particular type of living things that can reproduce by interbreeding among themselves. |
| biology | the scientific study of all forms of life, or all types of organisms |
| organism | any individual living thing |
| cell | the basic unit of life |
| metabolism | all of the chemical processes that build up or break down materials |
| DNA | the genetic material is a molecule called deoxyribonucleic acid |
| system | an organised group of related parts that interact to form a whole |
| ecosystem | A physical environment with different species that interact with one another and with nonliving things |
| homeostasis | the maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism |
| evolution | the change in living things over time |
| adaptation | an inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed onto future generations |