Science

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Organism:

a living thing 

Cell

the basic unit of structure and function in living things

Unicellular

a single cell

Multicellular

made of many cells

Metabolism

the combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials. 

Development

the process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism

Stimulus

any change or signal in the environment that can make an organisms react in some way.

Response

an action or change in behavior the occurs as a result of a stimulus

Reproduction

A reproduction process

Spontaneous Generation

the mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources.

Controlled Experiment

an experiment which only one variable is manipulated at a time.

Autotroph

 an organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food.

Heterotroph

an organism that can not produce its own food and gets food by consuming other living things.

Homeostasis

the condition in which an organism's internal environment kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment .

Asexual Reproduction

reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces off spring that are identical.