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| An alteration or adjustment in structure or habits, often hereditary, by which a species or individual improves its condition in relationship to its environment. |
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| The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology and all their subdivisions. |
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| The smallest structural unit of an organism that is capable of independent functioning, consisting of one or more nuclei, cytoplasm, and various organelles, all surrounded by a semipermeable cell membrane. |
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| A significant event, occurrence, or change |
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| the natural process of eliminating bodily wastes in the feces and urine. |
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| Full development; maturity. |
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| passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes |
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| The ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes. |
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| The act or an instance of moving; a change in place or position. |
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| not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects" |
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| An individual form of life, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus; a body made up of organs, organelles, or other parts that work together to carry on the various processes of life. |
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| of or pertaining to an organization. |
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| either sexual or asexual, by which an animal or plant produces one or more individuals similar to itself |
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| Having sexual organs involved or involving both sexes. |
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| Independence of sexual process no egg or sperm uniting |
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| The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing. Also called ventilation. |
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| A reaction, as that of an organism or a mechanism, to a specific stimulus. |
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| The capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation. |
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| A fundamental category of taxonomic classification, ranking below a genus or subgenus and consisting of related organisms capable of interbreeding |
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| Something that causes and encourages a given response |
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