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What is life?

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organism   a living thing  
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cell   the basic unit of structure and function in an organism  
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unicellular   organisms that are composed of one cell  
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multicellular   organisms that are composed of many cells  
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stimulus   a change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react  
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response   an action or a change in behavior  
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reproduce   to produce offspring that are similar to the parents  
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development   the process of change that occurs during an organism's life  
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water   the most abundant chemical in cells  
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carbohydrates   a cell's main energy source  
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proteins   one of the building materials of cells  
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lipids   another building material of cells  
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nucleic acids   the genetic material of cells  
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prokaryotic   unicellular organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus  
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eukaryotic   unicellular or multicellular organisms whose cells contain a nucleus  
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cell membrane   outer membrane of a cell that controls movement in and out of the cell  
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cell wall   an organelle that supports and protects cells  
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nucleus   a large oval organelle that contains DNA and controls the cell's activities  
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cytoplasm   the thick fluid region of a cell that holds the organelles in place  
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endoplasmic reticulum   an organelle that moves things from one part to another  
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ribosome   an organelle that makes proteins  
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golgi bodies   an organelle that packages, stores, and gives energy to cells  
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mitochondria   an organelle that breaks down food and gives energy to the rest of the cell  
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lysosome   an organelle that cleans up the waste products from the cell  
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vacuoles   an organelle that is a membrane-bound sac used for storage, digestion, and waste removal  
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chloroplast   an organelle where photosynthesis (captures energy from sunlight and changes it to an energy form that cells can use in making food) takes place  
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