What Is Life? Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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Response
A
An action or change in behavior.
2
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Stimulus
A
A change in an organism’s surroundings that causes the organism to react.
3
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Sexual Reporoduction
A
Involves two parents and combines their genetic material to produce a new organism that differs from both parents.
4
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Asexual Reproduction
A
Asexual reproduction involves only one parent and produces offspring identical to the parent.
5
Q
Heterotroph
A
Organisms that can’t make their own food.
7
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Autotroph
A
Organisms that make their own food.
9
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Homeostasis
A
The maintenance of stable internal conditions.
