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classification
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organism | any individual living thing that function on its own. |
| cell | the basic building block and smallest unit of life that can live on its own |
| unicellular | a living thing that consists of just a single cell |
| multicellular | a living thing made up of more than one cell,rather than just a single cell |
| metabolism | the complete set of chemical processes in your body cells that turn food and drink into energy and building blocks to keep you alive |
| stimulus | any event change of input that causes a physical behavioral or functional reaction |
| response | an answer or a reaction to a question an event or any other type of stimulus. |
| development | the process of growing changing or advancing from one condition to more mature complex or advanced stage |
| asexual reproduction | a type of reproduction that creates offspring from a single parent without fusion of sex cell or gametes |
| sexual reproduction | a biological process where genetic material from two parents combines to create a genetically unique offspring |
| spontaneous generation | the discarded scientific theory that living organisms can develop directly and routinely from nonliving matter with parents seeds eggs |
| heterotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food and must consume other plants animal of organic matter for energy and nutients |
| classification | the act or process of organizing items people or ideas into groups based on shared characteristices types |
| taxonomy | the science and practice of naming describing and classifying groups of living organisms or other things based on shared characterstics |
| binomial nomenclature | the formal universal two part naming system used in biology online to identify every species of living thing |
| genus | a biological rank used by scientists to group closely related species |
| species | the basic unit biological classification and group of living organisms that can breed together and produce fertile offspring |
| prokaryote | a single celled organism that does not have distant nucleus or other membrane bound internal structures |
| eukaryote | relating to an organism or cell that features a distinct membrane bound nucleus and other specialized membrane bound strictures called organelles. |
| nucleus | a central core or control point found in biology physics and general language |
| evolution | the gradual process by which living organisms change diversify and develop over successive generations |
| branching tree diagram | a visual tool that starts with a single starting point or root and splits into multiple lines or branches to show relationships hierarchies or sequences of outcomes |
| shared derived characteristics | a new evolutionary trait that appeared in a common ancestor and is passed down to all members of a specific group of clade |
| convergent evolution | the independent development of similar features or traits in unrelated or distantly related species |
| autotroph | an organism that produces its own food from simple inorganic sibsstances using light of chemical energy |
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