7th Grade: Ch 2 TEST
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 consumers | Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food |
| producers | organisms that make their own food |
| decomposers | Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms |
| asexual reproduction | a reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent |
| sexual reproduction | Reproduction that requires two organisms |
| simple carbohydrate | A kind of carbohydrate that is also known as sugar. EX: Glucose |
| complex carbohydrate | starch (potato) , A kind of carbohydrate that is made of many sugar molecules. |
| basic needs of organisms | food, water, a place to live, air |
| heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
| homeostasis | process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment |
| stimuli | something that causes a reaction |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid, the material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics |
| cell membrane | a phospholipid layer that covers a cell's surface and acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell's environment |
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