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What Is Life?
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Biology
7th Grade
09/30/2010

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Organisms
Definition
Living Things
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Cell
Definition
Basic unit of structure and function of an Organism
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Unicelluar
Definition
Single celled organisms
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Multicellular
Definition
Multiple cells in an organism
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Development
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The process of change that occurs during an organisms life to produce more complex cells
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Response
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An action or change in behavior
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Reproduce
Definition
Offspring that are similar to the parents
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Autotroph
Definition
Organisms that make there own energy
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Heterotroph
Definition
Organisms that have to consume there own energy
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Spontaneous Generation
Definition
The discovery that dead things cant produce living things
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Homeostasis
Definition
keeping internal conditions stable when external things change
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Photosynthesis
Definition
When plants and some bacteria use the sun to make storable energy
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Chemosynthesis
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Bacteria use Chemoysnthesis to convert chemicals into storeable energy at deep ocean vents where there is no sunlight
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