sc. ch2 1&2 Word Scramble
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cell | the basic unit or structure and function in living things |
unicellular | made of a single cell |
multicellular | consisting of many cells |
stimulus | a change in an organisms surroundings that causes the organism to react |
response | an action or change in behavior that occurs in reaction to a stimulus |
organism | a living thing |
homeostasis | the maintenance of stable internal conditions in an organism |
development | the process that occurs during an organisms life to produce a more complex organism |
autotroph | an organism that makes its own food |
heterotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food |
spontaneous generation | the mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving things |
binomial nomenclature | the system for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique, two-part scientific name |
classification | the process of grouping things based on their similarities |
taxonomy | the scientific study of how living things are classified |
genus | a classification grouping that consists of a number of similar closely related species |
species | a group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring |
prokaryote | an organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cell structures |
nucleus | the control center of a eukaryotic cell that directs the cells activities and contains the information that determines the cells form and function |
eukaryote | an organism whose cell s contain nuclei |
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