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List #3-Final Vocab
Clay 7 Science- Final Vocab List #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stimulus | change that causes a response |
| response | reaction to a change |
| diffusion | movement of material from an area where molecules are crowded to an area where they are less crowded |
| osmosis | movement of water through a membrane |
| homeostasis | process of keeping conditions inside the body constant |
| Spontaneous Generation | the idea that living things come from nonliving things |
| endoskeleton | internal skeleton |
| exoskeleton | external skeleton |
| chromosome | cell part that determines what traits a living thing will have |
| virus | nonliving particle made up of a piece of nucleic acid covered with a protein coat called a capsid |
| habitat | place where an organism lives |
| succession | gradual change in organisms that occurs when the environment changes |
| population | group of the same kind of organisms living in a certain place |
| community | all the populations that live in a certain area |
| parasite | organism that gets its food by living in or on the body of another organism |