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Vocab 1.1
Terms for chapter 1 section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biology | the study of life |
| multicellular | describes a trissue, organ, or organism that is made up of many cells |
| biological molecule | chemical compound that provide physical structure and that bring about movement, energy use, and other cellular functions |
| development | the gene-directed process by which an organism matures |
| organization | the high degree of order within an organism's internal parts and in its interactions with the living world |
| organ | a collection of tissues that carry out specialized jobs within an organ sysytem |
| homeostasis | the steady-state physiological condition of the body |
| reproduction | the process of producing offspring |
| cell | in biology, the smallest unit that can perform all of life's processes; cells are covered by a membrane and contain DNA and cytoplasm |
| tissue | a collection of specialized cells and cell products that perform a specific function |
| metabolism | the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism |
| gene | a short segment of DNA that contains the instructions for a single trait |
| unicellular | describes an organism that consists of a single cell |
| organelle | one of the small bodies that are found in the cytoplasm of a cell and that are specialized to perfom a specific function |
| cell division | the formation of two cells from one existing cell |