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RChapter 1 Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biology | The study of life |
| Organization | The high degree of order within an organism's internal and external parts and its interactions with the living world |
| Cell | The smallest unit that can preform all life processes; covered by a membrane and contain DNA and cytoplasm |
| Unicellular | Describes an organism that consists of a single cell |
| Multicellular | Describes a tissue, organ, or organ that is made of many cells |
| Organ | A collection of tissues that carry out a specific function of the body |
| Tissue | A collection of specialized cells and cell products that preform a specific function |
| Organelle | One of the small bodies that are found in the cytoplasm of a cell and that are specialized to preform a specefic function |
| Biological Molecule | A chemical compound taht provides physical structure and brings about movement, energy use, and other cellular functions |
| Homeostasis | The steady state in physiological condition of the body |
| Metabolism | A sum of all the chemical processes that occur in an organism |
| Cell Division | The formation of two cells from one cell |
| Development | The gene-directed process by which an organism matures |
| Reproduction | The process of producing offspring |
| Gene | A short segment of DNA that contains the instructions for a single trait |