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Chapter 1 Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the study of life | Biology |
| the high degree of order with in the organism's internal and external parts and in its interactions with the living world | organization |
| the smallest unit that can preform all of life's processes | cell |
| describes an organism that consists of a single cell | unicellular |
| describes a tissue, organ, or organism that is made of many cells | multicellular |
| a collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body | organ |
| a collection of specialized cells and cell products that preform a specific function | tissue |
| one of the small bodies that are found in the cytoplasm of a cell and that are specialized to preform a specific function | organelle |
| a chemical compuond that provides physical structure andbrings about movement, energy use, and other cellular functions | biological molecule |
| the steady-state phisiological condition of the body | homeostasis |
| the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism | metabolism |
| the formation of two cells from one existing cell | cell division |
| the gene-directed process by which an organism matures | developement |
| the process of producing offspring | reproduction |
| a short segment of DNA that containsthe instructions for a single trait | gene |