The sum total of all processes in an organism which convert energy and matter from outside sources and use that energy and matter to sustain the organism's life functions.

The sum total of all processes in an organism which use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemical and structures necessary for life.

The sum total of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks.

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food.

Organisms that eat only other plants.

Organisms that eat only organisms other than plants.

Organisms that eat both plants and other organisms

Organisms that produce their food

Organisms that eat eat living producers and/or other consumers for food

Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms

Organisms that are able to make their own food

Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food

Special structures that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their internal of external environment

Reproduction accomplished by a single organism

Reproduction that requires two organisms

The process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent (or parents) to the offspring

An abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of it's parents

An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question

A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data

A theory that has been tested with generations of data

Living creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye

The idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions

A cell that has no distinct, membrane-bounded organelles

A cell with distinct, membrane-bounded organelles

A unit of one or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from other such units

The science of classifying organisms

Binomial nomenclature

Naming an organism with it's genus and species name

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Metabolism	The sum total of all processes in an organism which convert energy and matter from outside sources and use that energy and matter to sustain the organism's life functions.
Anabolism	The sum total of all processes in an organism which use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemical and structures necessary for life.
Catabolism	The sum total of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks.
Photosynthesis	The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food.
Herbivores	Organisms that eat only other plants.
Carnivores	Organisms that eat only organisms other than plants.
Omnivores	Organisms that eat both plants and other organisms
Producers	Organisms that produce their food
Consumers	Organisms that eat eat living producers and/or other consumers for food
Decomposers	Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms
Autotrophs	Organisms that are able to make their own food
Heterotrophs	Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food
Receptors	Special structures that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their internal of external environment
Asexual reproduction	Reproduction accomplished by a single organism
Sexual reproduction	Reproduction that requires two organisms
Inheritance	The process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent (or parents) to the offspring
Mutation	An abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of it's parents
Hypothesis	An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question
Theory	A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data
Scientific Law	A theory that has been tested with generations of data
Microorganisms	Living creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye
Abiogenesis	The idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions
Prokaryotic cell	A cell that has no distinct, membrane-bounded organelles
Eukaryotic	A cell with distinct, membrane-bounded organelles
Species	A unit of one or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from other such units
Taxonomy	The science of classifying organisms
Binomial nomenclature	Naming an organism with it's genus and species name

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