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Chapter 1
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Science
6th Grade
09/05/2011

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Organism
Definition
Living things
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Cell
Definition
A basic unit of structure and function in an organism
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Unicellular
Definition
A single celled organism
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Multicellular
Definition
Multi cell organism
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Stimulus
Definition
A change in an organism that causes the organism to react
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Response
Definition
An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus
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Development
Definition
The process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism
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Spontaneous generation
Definition
An idea that living things come from nonliving things
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Controlled experiment
Definition
An experiment in which all factors are identical except 1
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Autotroph
Definition
An organism that can feed itself
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Heterotroph
Definition
An organism that can't feed itself
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Classification
Definition
The process of grouping things based on their similarities
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Taxonomy
Definition
The scientific study of how living things are classified
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Binomial nomenclature
Definition
The system for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique two part scientific name indicating its genus and species
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Genus
Definition
A classification grouping system that consists of a number of similar, closely related species
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Species
Definition
Group of similar organisms that can mate
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Evolution
Definition
The process by which species gradually change
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Prokaryote
Definition
An organism that lacks a nucleus
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Nucleus
Definition
The dense area in a eukaryotic cell that contains nucleic acids, the chemical instructions that direct the cell's activities
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Eukaryote
Definition
An organism whose cells contain nuclei
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Fossil
Definition
A trace of an ancient organism that has been in a rock or other substance
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