Chapter 1: What is Biology?
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What is Biology?
It s the "branch of science" that deals with "living organisms and their vital processes".
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Define Sensitivity.
It is the property of living organisms that "result in an appropriate response to a stimulus" (change).
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Define Movement.
It is the "physical characteristic" of an organism.
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Define Reproduction.
It is the process in which "new offsprings are produced" by the parent.
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Define Respiration.
It is the "release of energy" by the "breakdown of food substances" like glucose into carbon dioxide and water.
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Define Excretion.
It is the "removal of metabolic waste products" that have been produced as a result of processes occurring inside the cells of organisms.
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Define Nutrition.
It is the "food required for correct mechanism of body".
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Prokaryotae
________: the bacteria.
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