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Organism   An individual living thing, such as a plant, animal, fungus, bacterium, or protist.  
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Nutrition   Taking food into the body(ingestion), breaking in down into a form usable by cells(digestion)and eliminating undigested material (elimination).  
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Transport   Moving materials through out the organism.  
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Respiration   Releasing energy stored in food.  
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Excretion   Removing waste materials produced by the organism.  
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Regulation   Responding to changes in the organism's surroundings.  
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Growth   Increase in size.  
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Reproduction   Making more of the organism of the same kind.  
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Asexual reproduction   Reproduction involving only one parent. (Identical offspring)  
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Regeneration   The process that helps organism maintain homeostasis.  
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Binary fission   Binary fission, asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies.  
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Budding   Form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due to cell division at one particular site.  
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Sexual reproduction   Reproduction involving two parents.(Off spring look different).  
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Fertilization   The joining together of two cells.  
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Cell   The basic unit of life.  
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Unicellular   Made up of one cell.  
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Multicellular   Made up of many cells.  
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Nucleus(cell)   Reproduction-where genetic material is stored.  
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Mitochondria   Respiration-where food is burned(combined with oxygen)to produce energy. Called the powerhouse of the cell.  
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Ribosomes   Synthesis-where proteins are made.  
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Lysosomes   Digestion- where digestive enzymes are stored.  
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Vacuole   Digestion and excretion- where digestion occurs or where excess fluid is stored.  
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Chloroplasts   Photosynthesis-where glucose(sugar) is produced in green plants(present only in plant cells.  
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Cell wall   A semi rigid structure that surrounds cells of plants, fungi, and bacteria.  
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Cell membrane   A semipermeable "skin" surrounding the cell and separating it from its environment.  
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Cytoplasm   The fluid portion of a cell's interior. The organelles are suspended in the cytoplasm.  
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Photosynthesis   The process by which plants, and some protists and bacteria use light energy, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar.  
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Ingestion   The taking in of food.  
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Digestion   Breaking down nutrients into a useable form.  
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Elimination   Removal of undigested materials from the body.  
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Homeostasis   Normal internal conditions.  
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Metamorphosis   A dramatic change in an organism.  
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Infectious Disease   An illness caused by microorganism that be transmitted, or passed on, from one individual to another.  
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Noninfectious Disease   Diseases that can't be transmitted from one individual to another.  
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