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Vocabulary Review. Introduction to Biology. Study of life. BIOLOGY. High degree of internal & external order in living things. ORGANIZATION. Composed of only one cell. UNICELLULAR. Composed of more than one cell. MULTICELLULAR. Smallest unit of life. CELL.
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Vocabulary Review Introduction to Biology
Study of life BIOLOGY
High degree of internal & external order in living things ORGANIZATION
Composed of only one cell UNICELLULAR
Composed of more than one cell MULTICELLULAR
Tissues working together to do a job such as the heart or lungs ORGANS
Tiny structures inside a cell that do different jobs ORGANELLES
Chemical compounds that make up organelles BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES
An individual living thing ORGANISM
A physical or chemical change in the environment an organism can respond to STIMULUS
The response of the pupils of the eye when shown a bright light DILATION
Stable internal conditions of an organism HOMEOSTASIS
What would happen to an organism that didn’t maintain homeostasis DEATH
Required by all living things to power their life processes ENERGY
Process of capturing and storing light energy in the bonds of sugars PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Formation of new cells from existing cells CELL DIVISION
The main change that follows cell division in a unicellular organism ENLARGEMENT
Process by which an organism becomes a mature adult DEVELOPMENT
Cells specializing by taking on different shapes and functions DIFFERENTIATION
Organisms producing new organisms like themselves REPRODUCTION
Reproduction of organisms must occur for this to be true for a species SURVIVAL
Large molecule containing the hereditary information of a cell DNA
Reproduction that recombines hereditary information from two organisms SEXUAL
Reproduction where the new individual is genetically identical to the original ASEXUAL
The ability of a population of organisms to change over long periods of time EVOLUTION
The variety of life that exists DIVERSITY
Organisms interacting with each other and their environment ECOLOGY
Communities of living organisms and their physical environment ECOSYSTEM
Main byproduct of animals that is used by plants CARBON DIOXIDE
Descent with modification EVOLUTION
Theory that organisms with favorable traits are better able to survive NATURAL SELECTION
Traits that improve an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce ADAPTATIONS
An organized approach used by scientists to learn how the natural world works SCIENTIFIC METHOD
The act of perceiving the natural world OBSERVATION
Formed from observations to propose an explanation for the way things work in the natural world HYPOTHESIS
Test of a hypothesis EXPERIMENT
The one thing that a scientist allows to change in an experiment VARIABLE
Highly tested, generally accepted principle that explains several observations THEORY
Scientific experts who critique another scientist’s work PEER REVIEW