Term | Definition |
Biosphere | All living things and all the places they are found on the Earth. |
Biodiversity. | The variety of organisms in a given area. Increases at the equator. |
Species | A group of organisms that are closely related and can produce fertile offspring. |
Biology | Often called life science, Biology is the scientific study of living things and their interactions with their environment. |
Science | The knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested. |
Organism | Any living thing. |
Cell | The basic unit of life. |
Metabolism | All of the chemical processes that build up or break down materials. |
DNA | The genetic material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics is a molecule, in other words, called deoxyribonucleic acid which is another name for DNA. |
Ecosystem | A community of organisms and their physical environment. |
Homeostasis | The maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism. |
Adaptation. | An inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed on to future generations. |
Scientist | A person who works with a good deal of people. They can be on the field jobs, not just in labs. They apply thinking to solve problems, observe the world, and ask questions. |
Molecules | Groups of atoms |
Population | A group of organisms of one type that live in the same area |
Community | Population that lives together |
Ecosystem | A community and it’s surrounded area |
Uniceller | A single cell organism |
Multiceller | Organisms that are made up of one or more cells |
Responsiveness | Single to which an organism responds to their external environment. |
Reproduction | Cells from two different parents unite from first cell of new organisms. |
Asexual Reproduction | Single parent produces offspring identical to its self. |
Differentiation | Cells look different to preform different task during growth. |
Heredity | When an organism reproduces, it passes its own trait to its offspring. |