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Biology
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study of life
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organization
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high degree of order within an organism's internal and external parts and in its interaction with the living world
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cell
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smallest unit that can perform all life's processes
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unicellular
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orgranisms with 1 cell
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multicellular
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organisms such as humans or trees with multiple cells
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organs
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structures that carry out certain jobs within the body
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tissues
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groups of cells that have similar abilities and that allow an organism to function
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organelles
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tiny structures that carry out functions necessary for the organism to stay alive.
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biological molecules
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chemical compounds that provide physical structure
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Homeostasis
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the maintenance of a steady level of internal conditions
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Metabolism
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the sum of all chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the environment
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divison
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the formation of two new cells from an existing cell
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development
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process by which an organism becomes a mature adult
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reproduction
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the process in which organisms produce new organisms
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gene
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A short segment of DNA that contains that contains the instructions for a single trait
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