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Char of life
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asexual Reproduction | Doesn't involve the manufacture or fusion of gametes. Produces genetically identical offspring |
| Autotroph | Capable of making own food from inorganic compounds and energy |
| Biomolecules | Chemicals found in living things |
| Continuity | Ability of organisms to exist from one gen to the next |
| Element | Substance consisting of only one type of atom. (Carbon, Oxygen) |
| Excretion | Removal of waste chemicals produced in metabolism |
| Food Chain | Feeding relationship between organisms where energy is passed along |
| Heterotroph | Cannot make its own food |
| Life | Possesses metabolism and continuity |
| Metabolism | Sum of all chemical reactions in the body |
| Nutrition | Getting/producing and use of food |
| Organ | Group of tissues that work together to carry out a function |
| Organelle | Structure found within the cell that carries out a specific function |
| Organisation | Living things are composed cell tissues, organs and organ systems |
| Organism | Living thing |
| Photosynthesis | Process where plants make own food |
| Reproduction | Ability of an organism to produce new individuals of its own kind |
| Response | ability of an organism to react to both internal and external changes |
| Salt | Compound of metal and non metal |
| Sexual reproduction | Involves fusion of gametes that produce offspring, containing characteristics of both parents |