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What Is Life
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Biology
7th Grade
09/30/2010

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Organism
Definition
All living things
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Unicellular
Definition
Single-celled organisms
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multicellular
Definition
Organisms composed of many cells
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cell
Definition
Basic unit of structure and function in an organism
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Development
Definition
Proccess of change during an organisms life
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Reproduce
Definition
Produce offspring that are similar to the parents
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Response
Definition
An action or change in behavior
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Autotroph
Definition
A organism that makes its own food and energy
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hetrotroph
Definition
a living organism that cannot make their own food
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hetrotroph
Definition
a living organish that cannot make their own food
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spontaneous generation
Definition
the mistaken idea that living things can be generated from non living organisms
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homeostasis
Definition
the maitenence of stable internal conditions despite the surrounding enviorments
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Photosynthesis
Definition
the energy that is generated by the sun and made into storable substances, mostly glucose
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chemosynthesis
Definition
the process that makes chemicals into energy and makes chemicals storeable
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