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5th Grade
02/23/2010

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Carbohydrates
Definition
Energy for cells
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Stimulus
Definition
A change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react.
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Response
Definition
An action or change in behavior
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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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Unicellular
Definition
Single-celled organisms,include bacteria
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Multicellular
Definition
organisms are composed of many cells. In many multicllular organisms, the cells are specialized to do certain tasks.
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Proteins and lipids
Definition
Structure of cells
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Organism
Definition
A living thing that has cellular organization, contains similar chemicals, responds to the environment, uses energy, grows and develops and reproduces
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Nucleic acids
Definition
Genetic material instruction maul
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Controlled experiment
Definition
A scientist carries out two tests that are identical in every respect except for one factor. The one factor that a scientist changes is called the manipulated.
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Spontaneous generation
Definition
It took hundreds of years of experiments to convince people that spontaneous generation does not occur
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Autotrophs
Definition
Autotrophs use the food they make to carry out their own life functions.
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Heterothrophs
Definition
Heterothrophs mean other. They obtain their energy by feeding on others. Some heterothrophs eat autotrophs and use the energy in the erotrophs that eat autotrophs.
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Homeostasis
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Homeostasis keeps internal conditions just right for cells to function.
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Cell
Definition
The basic unit of structure and function in an organism
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