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what unique attributes are found in living organisms?
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-ALWAYS composed of 1 or more cells
-display complex organizational patterns -have the ability to reproduce -respond and react to their internal and external environments -maintain a stable internal environment -grow and develop -use energy |
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unicellular
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one cell
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multicellular
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many cells
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defining characteristic
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defines, applies to the group and only the group
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what is the complex organizational pattern that organisms follow?
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atom-molecule-cells-tissues-organs-organ sysmems
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does every organism have to follow the entire organizational system?
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no. just some of it
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asexual reproduction
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produces a new organism geneticly identical to the parent. ---one parent
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sexual reproduction
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produces a new organism that is genetically different form the parents. ----2 parents
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homeostasis
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stable internal enviornment
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examples of things that stay the same in an internal environment
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blood pressure
temperature blood glucose levels heart rate hydration of cells |
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growth
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addition of more cells that are similar in comparison
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development
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the production of new cells that have new or different composition
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autotrophs
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organisms able to convert energy from the enviornment to a usable energy: plants
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heterotrophs
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organisms that obtain a usable energy source from another organism: animals/humans
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