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Ch. 1-1
chapter 1 bio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biology | Study Of Life |
| Organization | The high degree of order within an organism's internal and external parts and it's interactions with the living world |
| Cell | The smallest unit that can preform all life's processes |
| Unicellular | Describes an organism that consists of a single cell |
| Multicellular | Describes a tissue,organ, or organism that is made up of many cells |
| Organ | Structures that carry oyt specialized jobs within an organ system |
| Tissue | Groups of cells taht have similar abilities and that allow the organ to function |
| Organelles | Tiny structures that carry out functions necessary for the cell to stay alive |
| Biological Molecules | The chemical compounds that provide physical structure and that bring about movement, energy use, and other cellular functions |
| Homeostasis | The maintenance of a stable level of internal conditions even though environmental conditions are constanly changing |
| Metabolism | The sum of all the chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the enviroment |
| Cell Division | The formation of two new cells from an existing cell |
| Developement | the process by which an organism becomes a mature adult |
| Reproduction | All organisms produce new organisms like themseleves in this process |
| Gene | A short segment of DNA that contains the instructions for a single trait of an organism |