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classification/charateristics
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7th Grade
01/28/2010

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organism
Definition
Living things made of one or more cells
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cell
Definition
The basic unit of structure and function in an organism
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unicellular
Definition
a type of organism that is made up of a single cell
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multicellular
Definition
a type of organism that is made up of many cells
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development
Definition
the process of change that occurs during an organisms life to produce a more complex organism
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response
Definition
an action or change in behavior
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stimulus
Definition
a change in an organisms surroundings that make it react
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reproduce
Definition
the production of offsring that are similar to the parents
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spontaneous generation
Definition
the mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources
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controlled experiment
Definition
an experiment in which all factors are identical except one
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variable
Definition
any factor that can change in an experiment
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autotroph
Definition
an organism that makes its own food
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heterotroph
Definition
an organism that cannot make its own food
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homeostasis
Definition
the maintenance of stable internal conditions despite changes in the surroundings
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classification
Definition
the process of grouping things based on similarities
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taxonomy
Definition
the scientific study of how living things are classified
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binomial nomenclature
Definition
the naming system for organisms in which each organism is given a two part name- a genus name and a species name
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genus
Definition
a classification grouping that consists of a number of similar, closely related species
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species
Definition
a group of similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring in nature
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evolution
Definition
the process by which species gradually change over time
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taxonomic key
Definition
a series of paired statements that describe the physical characteristics of different organisms
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prokaryote
Definition
an organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cell structures
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nucleus
Definition
a dense area in a cell that contains nucleic acids
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eukaryotes
Definition
organisms with cells that contain nuclei
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Carolus Linnaeus
Definition
a Swedish scientist that used observations as the basis of his system and expanded on Aristotles ideas of classification
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