The Science Of Life 1-1

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Biology

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The science of life

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Organism

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A living thing

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Unicellular Organism

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Organisms compose of only one cell

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Multicellular organism

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An organism composed of multiple cels

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Differentiation

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The process of cells becoming different as they multiplied and followed the various roles supplied for them by their genetic instruction

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Homeostasis

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The maintenance of an equilibrium of internal conditions of an organism

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Reproduction

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The process of organisms producing new organisms like themselves

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DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic acid, the form in which hereditary information is stored

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Gene

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A short segment of DNA that contains instructions for the development of a single trait of an organism

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Sexual reproduction

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The process in which hereditary information from two different organisms (or two parts of the same organism) is combined

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Asexual reproduction

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The process of reproduction without the combination of hereditary information, one cell gives rise to two

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Natural selection

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An important driving force in evolution in which organisms with favorable traits reproduce more because of a higher survival rate

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Ecology

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A branch of biology that is the study of interactions of organisms with one another

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Ecosystems

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Environmental communities

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Photosynthesis

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The process plants go through to capture energy from the sun and convert it into a form of energy usable by living things

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Autotrophs

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Organisms that obtain their energy by making their own food

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Heterotroph

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Organisms that take in foods to meet their energy needs