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classification
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organism | any individual living thing that can 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. |
| metabolism | the complete set of chemical processes in your body's cells that turn food and drink into energy and building blocks to keep you alive . |
| stimulus | any event,change,or input that causes a physical behavioral,or functional reaction. |
| response | an answer or a reaction or a question, an event, or any other type of stimulus. |
| devolopment | the process of growing, changing, or improving to become more advanced,larger, or mature. |
| axesexual reproduction | a type of reproduction that creates offspring from a single parent without the fusion of sex cell or gametes. |
| sexual reproduction | a biological process where genetic material from two parents combines to crates a genetically unique offspring. |
| spontaneous generation | the discarded scientific theory that living organisms can develop directly and routinely from nonliving matter without parents, seeds, or eggs. |
| autotroph | an organism that produces its own food from simple inorganic substances using light or chemical energy. |
| heteotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food and must consume other plants, animals, or organic mattress for energy and nutrients. |
| classification | the act or process of organizing items, people, or ideas into groups based on shared characteristics or types. |
| taxonomy | the science and practice on naming, describing, and classifying groups of living organisms or other thing based on shared characteristics. |
| binomial nomenclature | the formal, universe two-part naming system used in biology online to identify every species of living thing. |
| genus | the basic unit of biological classification and a group of living organisms that can breed together and produce fertile offspring. |
| species | a single-celled organism that does not have a distinct nucleus or other membrane-bound internal structures. |
| prokaryote | living organisms made of complex cells that contain a men=membrane-bound nucleus and other specialized, membrane-bound structures called organells. |
| eukaryote | living organisms made of complex cells that contain a membrane-bound nucleus and other specialized. |
| nucleus | a central core or control point found in biology, physics, and general language. |
| evolution | the gradual process by which living organisms change, diversity, and develop over successive generations. |
| branching tree diagram | a visual tool that starts with a single starting point and splits into multiple paths or categories, looking like the trunk and branches. |
| shared derived characteristics | a trait that two or more groups share. |
| convergent evolution | the independent development of similar features or traits in unrelated or distantly related species. |