What Is Life? Flashcards
Response
An action or a change in behavior.
Asexual Reproduction
Type of reproduction that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the paren
Sexual Reproduction
Type of reproduction that involves two parents and combines their genetic material to produce a new organism that differs from both parents.
Autotroph
Organisms that make their own food. Auto- means “self” and -troph means “feeder”.
Heterotroph
Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy by
feeding on other organisms.
Homeostasis
The maintenance of stable internal conditions. It regulates conditions inside an organism so that the cells function.
Stimulus
A change in an organism’s surroundings that causes the organism to react.