What Is Life Flashcards
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Heterotroph
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An organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things
2
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Autotroph
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An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food
3
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Stimulus
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a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue
4
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Response
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A reaction to something
5
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Asexual reproduction
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generates offspring that are genetically identical to a single parent
6
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Sexual reproduction
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two parents contribute genetic information to produce unique offspring
7
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Homeostasis
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the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes
