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Bio Chapter 1.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biology | the study of life |
| organization | the high degree of order within an organism's internal and external parts and in its interactions with the living world |
| cell | the smallest unit that can perform all life's processes |
| unicellular | organisms that are made up of one cell |
| mulitcellular | organisms that are made up of multipul cells |
| organ | structures thaat carry out specialized jobs within an organ system |
| tissue | groups of cells that have similar abilities and allow the organ to function |
| organelle | tiny structure that carries out functions nessacary for the cell to stay alive |
| biological molecule | the chemical compounds that provide physical structure and that bring about movement, energy and other cellular functions |
| homeostasis | the matinence of a stable level of internal conditions even though environmental conditions are constantly changing |
| metabolism | the sum of all the chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the environment |
| cell division | the formation of two new cells from an existing cell |
| development | the process by which an organism becomes a mature adult |
| reproduction | when organisms produce new organisms similar to the parents |
| gene | a short segment of DNA that contains the instructions for a single trait of an organism |