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Basic terms for Honors Biology, Grade 9

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Term for the study of life   Biology  
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The high degree of order within an organism's internal and external parts and in its interactions with the living world   Organization  
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The smallest unit that can perform all of life's processes   Cell  
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An organism made up of one cell is called-   Unicellular  
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Organisms made of multiple cells are called-   Multicellular  
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Structures that carry out specialized jobs within an organ system   Organs  
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Groups of cells that have similar abilities and that allow an organ to function   Tissue  
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Tiny structures that carry out functions necessary for the cell to stay alive   Organelles  
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Chemical compounds that provide physical structure and that bring about movement, energy use, and other cellular functions   Biological molecules  
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The maintenance of a stable level of internal conditions even though environmental conditions are always changing   Homeostasis  
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The sum of all the chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the environment   Metabolism  
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The formation of two new cells from an existing cell   Cell division  
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The process by which an organism becomes a mature adult   Development  
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The process that organisms use to produce new organisms like themselves   Reproduction  
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A short segment of DNA that contains the instructions for a single trait of an organism   Gene  
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