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Ch1 Lesson 1-3
| organism | A living thing |
| cell | The basic unit of structure that releases energy by breaking |
| unicellular | Made of a single cell |
| multicellular | Consisting of many cells. |
| metabolism | The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials. |
| 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 |
| developement | The process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism. |
| asexual reproduction | A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produce offspring that are genetically identical to the parent |
| sexual reproduction | A reproduce process that involves two parents that combine their genetics |
| spontaneous generation | The mistaken idea that living things arise from the nonliving sources |
| controlled experiment | An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time. |
| autotroph | An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food. |
| heterotroph | An organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things. |
| homeostasis | The condition in which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment. |
| classification | The process of grouping things based on their similarities |
| taxonomy | The scientific study of how living things are classified. |
| binomial nomenclature | The classification system in which each organism is given a unique, two part scientific name indication its genus and species. |
| genus | A classification grouping that consists of a number of similar, closely related species |
| species | A group of similar organisms that can make with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce |
| prokaryote | A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and some other cell structures. |
| nucleus | In cells, large oval organelle that contains the cell's genetic material in the form of DNA and controls many of the cell's activities. |
| eukaryote | An organism whose cells contain a nucleus |