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Chapter 2- It's Alive!!! Or is it? Review

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What is the smallest unit of life that can perform all life processes?   Cell  
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What is a change that affects the activity of the organism?   Stimulus  
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What is the maintenance of a stable internal environment?   Homeostasis  
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What is called when 2 parents reproduce offspring that will share characteristics of both parents?   Sexual reproduction  
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What is it called when 1 parents reproduces offspring that are identical to the parent?   Asexual reproduction  
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What is the passing of traits from one generation to the next?   Heredity  
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What is the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism?   Metabolism  
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What type of organism can make their own food?   Producers  
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What organism eats other organisms for food?   Consumers  
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What organisms get their food by breaking down the nutrients in dead organisms or animal wastes?   Decomposers  
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What are large molecules that are made up of amino acids?   Proteins  
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What are molecules made up of sugars?   Carbohydrates  
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What are simple carbohydrates?   Carbohydrates made up of one sugar molecule or a few sugar molecules linked together  
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What is an example of a simple carbohydrate?   table sugar & the sugar in fruits  
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What are complex carbohydrates?   Carbohydrates made up of hundreds of sugar molecules linked together  
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What is an example of a complex carbohydrate?   Potato  
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What are compounds that are insoluble?   Lipids  
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What are the molecules that form much of the cell membrane?   Phospholipids  
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What do fats and oils store?   Energy  
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What is the major energy-carrying molecule in the cell?   ATP  
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What is a molecule made up of nucleotides?   Nucleic acid  
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Plants store extra sugar as _____.   Starch  
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What are the subunits of proteins?   Amino acids  
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What are the 6 characteristics of living things?   They have cells, sense and respond to change, reproduce, have DNA, use energy, and grow and develop.  
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What does DNA stand for?   deoxyribonucleic acid  
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What are the necessities of life?   Air, food, water, and a place to live  
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How does your body respond when cold?   you shiver  
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How does your body respond to being warm or hot?   you sweat  
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How do humans reproduce?   Sexually  
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