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Vocab for 1.1 Biology

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Biology   The study of life  
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Organization   The high degree of order within an organism's internal and external parts and in its interactions with the living world  
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Cell   In biology, the smallest unit that can perform all life processes; cells are covered by a membrane and contain DNA and cytoplasm  
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Unicellular   Describes an organism that consists of a single cell  
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Multicellular   Describes a tissue, organ, or organism that is made up of many cells  
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Organ   A collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body  
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Tissue   A collection of specialized cells and cell products that perform a specific function  
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Organelle   One of the small bodies that are found in the cytoplasm of a cell and that are specialized to perform a specific function  
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Biological Molecule   Chemical compound that provides physical structure and brings about movement, energy use, and other cellular functions.  
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Homeostasis   The steady-state physiological condition of the body  
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Metabolism   The sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism  
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Cell Divison   The formation of two cells from one existing cell  
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Development   The gene-directed process by which an organism matures  
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Reproduction   The process of producing offspring  
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Gene   A short segment of DNA that contains the instructions for a single trait  
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