What Is Life Vocab Flashcards
1
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Response
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an action or a change in behavior.
2
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Asexual reproduction
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type of reproduction that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
3
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Sexual reproduction
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type of reproduction that involves two parents and combines their genetic material to produce a new organism that differs from both parents.
4
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autotroph
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organisms that make their own food. Auto- means “self” and -troph means “feeder”.
5
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Heterotroph
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organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy by feeding on other organisms.
6
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Homeostasis
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the maintenance of stable internal conditions. It regulates conditions inside an organism so that the cells function.
7
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Stimulus
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a change in an organism’s surroundings that causes the organism to react.
