Introduction to Life
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- composed of many cells
- MULTICELLULAR
- composed of one cell
- UNICELLULAR
- examples of biotic factors
- plants, trees, bacteria, etc.
- a group of organs that function together
- ORGAN SYSTEM
- nonliving factors
- ABIOTIC
- the science that seeks to understand the living world
- BIOLOGY
- a pattern of growth and change that occurs over the organisms lifetime
- LIFECYCLE
- examples of unicellular organisms
- BACTERIA
- when two cells from different parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism
- SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
- examples of abiotic factors
- WATER, SUNLIGHT, AIR, ROCKS, etc.
- all the chemical reactions in an organism
- METABOLISM
- order of organization within a multicellular organism, from smallest to largest
- cell, tissue, organ, organ system
- order of organization beginning with organism, from smallest to largest
- ORGANISM, POPULATION, COMMUNITY, ECOSYSTEM, BIOME, BIOSPHERE
- when a new organism has a single parent that divides to form two organisms
- ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
- ability to maintain a stable internal environment
- HOMEOSTASIS
- a community and its non-living surroundings
- ECOSYSTEM
- a group of cells that function together
- TISSUE
- an increase in size or amount of living material
- GROWTH
- the process of organisms producing new organisms
- REPRODUCTION
- any condition in an organisms environment that causes a response
- STIMULUS or STIMULI
- a reaction to a stimulus
- RESPONSE
- all ecosystems
- BIOSPHERE
- the smallest functional unit of life
- CELL
- 7 characteristics of living things
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1. cells
2. reproduction
3. DNA
4. life cycle (growth/development)
5. metabolism
6. response to stimulus
7. homeostatis - universal genetic code
- DNA
- living factors
- BIOTIC
- a single living thing
- ORGANISM
- populations that live together in a defined area
- COMMUNITY
- a group of organisms of the same type that live in an area and can interbreed
- POPULATIOn
- smallest unit of an organism considered to be alive
- CELL
- a group of tissues that function together
- ORGAN