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only one cell

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Unicellular

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have many cells

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Multicellular

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birth or beginning

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origin

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organism builds tissue more rapidly than it wears out

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Growth

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organism builds, repairs, and replaces as fast as tissues wear out.

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Maturity

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tissues wear out faster than they are repaired

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Decline

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tissues wear out too rapidly to maintain life

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Death

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72 years

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Human

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60 years

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Elephant

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15 years

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Dog

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12 years

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Snake

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3 years

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Spiders

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300 years

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Oak Tree

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14
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4,600 years. These are the oldest living things on Earth

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Bristlecone Pine

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the process of producing new individuals

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Reproduction

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anything that causes an organism to respond

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Stimulus

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any reaction to a stimulus

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Response

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is a change that makes it better suited to its environment.

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Adaptation

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fur changes color in the arctic fox during winter

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Short term Adaptation

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changes occur over many generations and are inherited

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Long term Adaptation

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a self-adjusting balance of life functions

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Homeostasis

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Some organisms are composed of a single cell

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Living Things

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Other organisms are composed of many cells

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Living Things

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the study of life

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Biology

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Organisms changed over time

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Evolve

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a belief that living organisms could develop from nonliving materials

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Abiogenesis/Spontaneous Generation

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an Italian scientist conducted an experiment to disprove spontaneous generation

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Francisco Redi (1668)

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put an end to the belief in spontaneous generation

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The Swan-necked Flask Experiment

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A theory or principle that life came from pre-existing life. This means that life comes from other living things by reproduction

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Biogenesis

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Father of Bacteriology and became famous for his Pasteurization process

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Louis Pasteur

30
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made of one cell

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Unicellular

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  • All living things are composed of cells
  • In multicellular organisms, many are specialized to perform specific functions
  • Cells are always very small
  • The size of multi-celled organisms depends on the number of cells NOT their size
  • Made up of at least one cell
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Cellular Composition

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made up of two or more cells (plants, fungi, animals)

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Multicellular

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is the formation of two cells from a preexisting cell

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Cell division

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the process by which an adult organism arise

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Development

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the process of producing new individuals

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Reproduction

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  • place to place (bear running, bird flying)
  • external part (phototropism, plants orient leaves toward sun)
  • internal (cytoplasmic streaming)
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Movement

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is a change that makes it better suited to its environment

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Adaptation

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fur changes color in the arctic fox during winter

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Short term adaptation

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changes occur over many generations and are inherited

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Long term adaptation

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ability to adapt to their environment through the process

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Evolution

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“survival of the fittest”

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Natural Selection

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behavioral adaptation

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Bird migration

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physiological adaptation

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Human body temperature

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physiological adaptation

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Hibernation

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structural adaptation

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Hare ear length

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adaptation for defense

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Camouflage/mimicry

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  • sum of all chemical processes
  • set of chemical reactions that convert “food” into energy
  • organisms use energy obtained from food
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Metabolism

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2 types of metabolism

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  • Anabolism
  • Catabolism
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  • organized at both the molecular and cellular levels
  • take in substances from the environment and organize them in complex ways
  • specific cell structures (organelles) carry out particular functions
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Organization

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  • Maintain stable internal conditions
  • self-adjusting balance to maintain a steady state
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Homeostasis

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same, steady

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Homeo

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state

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Stasis

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