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1-3 vocab
| 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 |
| metabolism | The combination of chemical reaction through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials |
| stimulus | Any change or signal in the environment that can make an orgasm react in someway |
| response | An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus |
| development | The process of changed that occurs during an orgasm life to produce a more complex organism |
| asexual reproduction | A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent |
| sexual reproduction | A reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism which differs from both parents |
| spontaneous generation | The mistaken idea that living things arrive from 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 | That cannot make its own food and get food by consuming other loving things |
| homeostasis | The condition in which an organisms internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment |
| classification | The process of Ruben 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 to part scientific name, indicating it’s genus and species |
| genus | A unique secular organism that lacks a nucleus and some other cell structure |
| species | And cells, a large oval organelle that contains the cells, genetic material in the form of DNA and controls many of the cells activities |
| prokaryote | An organism who cells contain a nucleus |
| nucleus | |
| eukaryotes |