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List #3-Final Vocab
Clay 7 Science- Final Vocab List #3
Question | Answer |
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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 |