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Chapter 1.1 EC
Science Flash Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The study of life | Biology |
| The high degree of order within an organism's internal and external parts and in its interactions with the living world | Organization |
| smallest unit that can perform all life's processes | Cell |
| one celled organisms | Unicellulalr |
| multiple cell organisms | multicellular |
| structures that carry out specialized jobs within an organ system. | organ |
| Groups of cells that have similar abilities and allow the organ to function | tissue |
| tiny structures that carry out functions necessary for the cell to stay alive. | organelle |
| the chemical compounds that provide physical structure and that bring about movement energy use and other cellular functions | biological molecule |
| maintenance of a stable level of internal conditions even though the environmental conditions are constantly changing | homeostasis |
| the sum of all the chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the enviroment | metabolism |
| formation of two new cells from an existing cell | cell division |
| the process by which an organism becomes a mature adult | development |
| how organisms produce new organisms like themselves. | reproduction |
| all the information in a cell that the cell will ever need for making all the structures and chemicals necessary for life. | gene |