Intro to living things vocab Flashcards
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A membrane-covered structure that contains all the materials for life
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Cell
2
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Can be gravity, light sound, a chemical, hunger, or anything else that causes an organism to respond in someway
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Stimulus
3
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The maintenance of a stable internal environment
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Homeostasis
4
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The genetic material that controls the structure and function of cells
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DNA
5
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Two parents produce offspring that share characteristics
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Sexual reproduction
6
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A single parent produces offspring that are identical to the parent
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Asexual reproduction
7
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Organisms made up of one cell
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Unicellular
8
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Organisms made up by more than one cell
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Multicellular
9
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Make their own food
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Producers
10
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Eat other organisms to get food
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Consumers
11
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Return nutrients to the soil which other organisms can use
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Decomposes
