Intro To Living Things

Question 1

Organism

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Living things

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Cell

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Basic unit of structure and function in an organism

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Unicellular

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Single-celled organisms

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Multicellular

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Many celled organisms

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Metabolism

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The combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials

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Stimulus

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Changes in surroundings that causes the organism to change

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Response

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An action or change in behavior

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Development

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The process of change that occurs during an organisms life

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Asexual reproduction

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Involves only one parent and produces an offspring identical to the parent

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Sexual reproduction

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Involves two parents and combines there genetic material to produce a new organism different from both parents

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Spontaneous generation

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The mistaken idea that living things can produce from nonliving sources

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Controlled experiment

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An experiment where a scientist carries out a series of tests that are identical except for one factor

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Autotroph

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Organisms that make there own food

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Heterotrophs

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Organisms that cannot make their own food

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Homeostasis

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The maintenance of stable internal conditions

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Classification

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The process of grouping things based one there similarities

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Taxonomy

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The scientific study of how organisms are classified

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Binomial nomenclature

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The system of giving organisms two part scientific names

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Genus

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A classification grouping that contains similar organisms

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Species

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A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can do the same