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15 Cards in this Set
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Biology |
def: The study of life |
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Organization |
def: the high degree of order within an organism's internal and external parts and its interactions with with the living world. |
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Cell |
def: the smallest unit that can perform all life's processes. |
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Unicellular |
def: made up of one cell. |
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Multicellular |
def: made up of multiple cells |
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Organ |
def: structures that carry out specialized jobs within an organ system |
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Tissue |
def: groups of cells that have similar abilities and that allow the organ to function. |
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Organelle |
def: tiny structures that carry out functions necessary for the cell to sty alive |
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Biological Molecule |
def: the chemical compounds that provide physical structure and that bring about movement, energy use, and other cellular functions |
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Homeostasis |
def: the maintenance of a stable level of internal conditions even though environmental conditions are constantly changing |
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Metabolism |
def: the sum of all the chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the enviornment |
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Cell Division |
def: the formation of two new cells from an existing cell |
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Development |
def: the process by which an organism becomes a mature adult |
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Reproduction |
def: when organisms produce new organisms like themselves |
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Gene |
def: a short segment of DNA that contains the instructions for a single trait of an organism |
