Ch 1.4 Characteristics Of life Flashcards
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Organization
Specific interrelationships among the parts of an organism and how those parts interact to perform specific functions
Metabolism
The ability to use energy and to perform other vital functions
Responsiveness
An organisms ability to sense changes in its external or internal environment and addressed to those changes
Growth
Refers to an increase in the size or number of cells, which produces an overall enlargement of all or part of an organism
Development
Includes the changes and organism undergoes through time, beginning with fertilization and ending at death
Differentiation
Involves changes in a cell structure and function from an immature, generalized state to immature, specialized state
Morphogenesis
The change in shape of tissues, organs, and the entire organism
Reproduction
Information of new cells or new organisms?
