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- DNA
- sense and respond to change
- reproduce
- 1 or more cells
- use energy
- grow and develop
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| structures that contain all of the material necessary for life |
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| ex. when a venus fly trap catches an insect |
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- reproduce sexually
- composed of more than one cell
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- reproduce asexually
- composed of only one cell
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| sound, light, touch, water or wind |
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- must have food
- use energy to move materials in and out of cells
- build cells
- make or break down food
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| entire living thing that can carry out all basic life processes |
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| a group of organs that work together to carry on life activities |
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group of tissues that work together to perform one or more life activities
(skin is the largest organ) |
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| group of similar cells that work together to perform a special job |
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- smallest -level 1 - cells
- level 2 - tissues
- level 3 - organs
- level 4 - organ systems
- level 5- organisms
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when living things maintain a stable level of internal conditions even though environmental conditions are changing
(body temperature, blood pressure) |
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| change in the organisms environment that affects its activity |
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| when two parents make offspring that share characteristics of both parents |
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| when an organism produces offspring that are identical to the parent |
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DNA
(deoxyribonucleic acid) |
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| large molecule that contains the instructions to grow living things |
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| is the transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next |
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- organisms are composed of one or more cells
- cell is the basic unit of life in all living things
- all cells come from existing cells
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