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characteristics of life

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characteristics of life   biological organization nutrition excretion response reproduction  
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diversity of life   (biodiversity) large variety of living organisms on earth  
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life   organic-based object that possesses characteristics of metabolism and continuity of life  
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metabolism   sum of all chemical reactions in an organism  
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continuity of life   how cells arise from cells of the same type and organisms arise from organisms of the same type  
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biological organization   levels of complexity in an organism cell->tissue->organ->organ system->organism->population->community->ecosystem->biosphere  
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nutrition   how organisms obtain and use food  
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excretion   getting rid of waste products of metabolism  
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diffusion   movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration  
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response   how living organisms react to their environment  
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reproduction   hoe new offspring is produced from their parent(s)  
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autotrophic nutrition   organism makes its own food  
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heterotrophic nutrition   organism gets its food from another living organism  
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homeostasis   a relatively constant, self-correcting internal environment all organisms must maintain  
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4 macromolecules (molecules of life)   nucleic acids (RNA, DNA) proteins carbohydrates lipids  
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