Living things Flashcards
Things organisms need to live
Air, water, and energy.
Biotic
Living
Abiotic
Nonliving
Dead
Was once living, but not anymore
Organism
A living thing, has all the characteristics of life
Cell
The smallest unit of life
Multicellular
Describes a living thing that is made of two or more cells.
Unicellular
Describes a living thing that is made of only one cell
Growth
Increase in an organism’s size
Development
When an organism become more complexDeve
Spontanious Generation
The idea that living things come from nonliving things *Disproven
Stimulus
Anything that makes you react
Response
Your reaction to a stimulus
Homeostasis
An organism’s ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change.
Adapt
Change over time to become better fitted to the environment and to survive