Characteristics of Life Vocabulary
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Organism | a living thing |
| Cell | a basic unit of structure, in an organism. |
| Unicellular | an organism that has only one cell |
| Multicellular | an organism that is made up of many cells |
| Carbohydrates | cells main energy source |
| Proteins | a good protein source toward the energy |
| Lipids | building material in the Human Body |
| Nucleic Acids | genetic material |
| Stimulus | a change in an organisms surroundings that causes a reaction |
| Response | an action or change as a result of a stimulus |
| Development | to process of change that occurs through out an organisms life. |
| Spontaneous Generation | the idea that living things can coming from non-living things |
| Controlled Experiment | an experiment that only one thing changes through out the whole experiment. |
| Autotroph | an organism that makes their own food |
| Heterotroph | organisms that feed on other things, can't provide their own food |
| Homeostasis | stable internal conditions |
| Atom | basic unit of matter |
| Germination | when the embryo grows and pushes out of the seed |
| Molecule | a group of atoms that makes up the smallest unit of a chemical |
| Embryo | develops from a fertilized egg |
| Cotyledon | seed, leaves, and embryo |
| Element | a primary or important part of matter |
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