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Lewis-Living Things

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any living thing   organism  
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the smallest unit of an organism that carries on the function of life   cell  
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anything that causes some change in an organism or causes the organism to react   stimulus  
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an organism's reaction to a stimulus   response  
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an organism's ability to keep the proper conditions inside its body no matter what is going on outside the organism (ex.body temperature)   homeostasis  
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placing similar items or organisms into groups   classification  
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first and largest category of organisms   kingdom  
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Linnaeus' naming system that gives all organisms a unique, two part scientific name (its genus and its species name)   binomial nomenclature  
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a group of similar species   genus  
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smallest category of organisms that can reproduce to produce fertile offspring   species  
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a detailed list of characteristics used to identify an unknown organism   dichotomous key  
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process of changing into a more complex organism   development  
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to produce offspring similar to the parents   reproduce  
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an organism that can produce its own food (ex. plants)   autotroph  
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an organims that cannot produce its own food (ex. animals)   heterotroph  
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center of the cell that controls all functions of the cell   nucleus  
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