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What is Life
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Biology
7th Grade
09/29/2010

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Organisms
Definition
Living things
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Cell
Definition
A basic unit of structure and function in a organism
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Unicellular
Definition
A single-celled organism(bactiria)
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Multicellular
Definition
Orgamisms with many cells(humans)
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Delvelopment
Definition
The process of change that occurs durring an organismd life to produce a more complex organism(acorn-seedling-Oak Treee)
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Responce
Definition
An action or chacge in behahavior
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Reproduce
Definition
The ability to produce offspring simillar to the parents
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spontaneous generation
Definition
The mistaken idea that liviving things arise fron nonliving sources
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autotrophs
Definition
Oramisms that make their own food
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Homeostasis
Definition
The maintenance of stable internal conditions despite changes in the surroundings
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The 4 things all living things must have
Definition
-Energy
-Water
-Living space
-Stable internal conditions
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The 6 Characteristics of life
Definition
Cellular organization
-Contain similar
-Use energy
-Grow and devleop
-Respond to surroundings
-Reproduce
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Photosynthesis
Definition
The taking of energy from the sun and converting it into a storable form. (Aka. GLUCOSE)
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Chemosynthesis
Definition
The process whcih some organisms that are not accessible to sunlight use to produce food
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Heterotroph
Definition
Organisms that cannot make there own energy, and eat other organisms.
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