Bio Chapter 1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Biology | the scientific study of living organisms and their interactions with the environment |
Organization | the high degree of order within an organism’s internal and external parts and in its interactions with the living world |
Cell | in biology, the smallest unit that can perform all life processes; cells are covered by a membrane and contain DNA and cytoplasm |
Unicellular | describes an organism that consists of a single cell |
multicellular | describes a tissue, organ, or organism that is made of many cells |
Organ | a collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body |
Tissue | a group of similar cells that perform a common function |
Organelle | one of the small bodies that are found in the cytoplasm of a cell and that are specialized to perform a specific function |
Biological Molecule | chemical compound that provides physical structure and brings about movement, energy use, and other cellular functions |
Homeostasis | the maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment; a constant internal state that is maintained in a changing environment by continually making adjustments to the internal and external environment |
metabolism | the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism |
Cell Division | the formation of two cells from one existing cell |
Development | the process by which an organism grows |
Reproduction | the process of producing offspring |
Gene | the most basic physical unit of heredity; a segment of nucleic acids that codes for a functional unit of RNA and/or a protein |
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