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RDG469-03
cells
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spontaneous generation | life springs from nonliving matter |
| metabolism | total of all chemical activities in an organism |
| ingestion | taking in food; eating |
| digestion | process of food breaking down into simpler substances |
| respiration | when the energy contained in food is released |
| excretion | getting rid of waste material |
| life span | maximum time an organisim can be expected to live |
| stimulus | signal to which an organism reacts |
| response | action or movement as a result of stimulus |
| sexual reproduction | a sex cell from each parent unite to form offspring |
| homeostasis | the ability of an organism to keep conditions inside its body the same, even though conditions in its external environment change |