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"What is Life?"
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Biology
7th Grade
09/30/2010

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Organism
Definition
Living things
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Unicellular
Definition
Single-celled organisms
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Multicellular
Definition
Composed of many cells
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Development
Definition
Process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism
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Response
Definition
Action or change in behavior
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Cell
Definition
Basic unit of structure and funtion in an organism
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Reproduce
Definition
Ability to produce offspring that are similar to the parents
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Autotroph
Definition
Organisms that make there own food
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Heterotroph
Definition
Organisms that cannot make their own food
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Spontaneous Generation
Definition
The mistaken idea that living things arise from non-living sources
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Homeostasis
Definition
The maintnence of stable internal conditions despite changes in the surroundings
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Photosynthesis
Definition
Uses energy from the sun to make storable energy
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Chemosynthesis
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A type of autotrophs that make their own food using chemicals
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