Chapter 1: A View Of Life

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Cell

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Smallest unit that displays the properties of life; composed of cytoplasm surrounded by a plasma membrane

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Organisms

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Individual living thing

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Multicellular

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Organism composed of many cells

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Tissues

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Group of similar cells combined to perform a common function

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Organs

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Combo of two or more different tissues performing a common function

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Organ system

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Group of related organs working together

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Energy

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Capacity to do work and bring about change

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Metabolism

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All of the chemical reactions that occur in a cell during growth and repair

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Photosynthesis

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Process occurring usually within chloroplasts whereby chlorophyll containing organelles trap solar energy to reduce carbon dioxide to carbohydrate

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Homeostasis

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Maintenance of normal internal conditions in a cell or an organism by means of self regulating mechanisms

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Reproduce

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To produce a new individual of the same kind

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Genes

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Unit of heredity existing as alleles on the chromosomes typically two are inherited one from each parent

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Adaptions

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Organisms modifications in structure, function, or behavior suitable to the environment

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Evolution

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Process by which species have changed and diversified since life first arose, explains the unity and diversity of life