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Bio 101 first test
intro/complexorg./chem
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/04/2008

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Term
Properties of Life
Definition
  1. movement
  2. Homeostasis- irritability/adaptation
  3. Metabolism- Anabolism/catabolism
  4. Reproduction- Asexual(Mitosis)/Sexual(Meiosis)
  5. Growth and Differentiation
  6. Information of cell
  7. Evolutionary Adaptation
  8. Complex organization
  9. Energy Utilization
Term
Cellular Organization
Definition
All organisms consist of one or more cells that carry out the basic activities of living
Term
Irritabilty and adaptation
Definition

Irritability-the ability to dectect and respond to a stimulus

Adaptation-how organisms react to other organisms and their enviornment that influence survival

Term
Anabolism
Definition
reactions that expend energy to make or transform chemical bonds - metabolism
Term
catabolism
Definition
reactions that gain energy when chemical bonds are broken - metabloism
Term

asexual reproduction

Definition
mitosis - creates two daughter cells half the size that are identical (most cells in the body)
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