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chap 2
Life activities
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11/08/2004

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stimulus
Definition
a change in an organism's enviornment that affects the activity of that organism
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homeostasis
Definition
maintenance of a stable internal enviornment
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asexual reproduction
Definition
a single parent produces offspring
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sexual reproduction
Definition
two parents to produce offspring
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DNA
Definition
provides instructions for making molecules
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heredity
Definition
the transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next
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metabolism
Definition
the total of all of the chemical activities that is performs
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producers
Definition
organisms that produce their own food
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consumers
Definition
they eat other organisms
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decomposers
Definition
get their food by breaking down the nutrients in dead organisims or animal waste
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protiens
Definition
after water protiens are the most abundant, large molecules that are made up of subunits amino acids
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carbohydrates
Definition
group of compounds made of sugars
simple - table sugar, fruit 1 molecule
complex - starch many molecules
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Lipids
Definition
cannot mix with water, store energy,
fats and oils-fats solid oil liquids
phospholipids-form much of cell membrane
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nucleic acids
Definition
contain all info for cell to make all of its protien
subunit nucleotides-
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ATP
Definition
major fuel used for all cell activities that require energy
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