Intro to living things Flashcards
(11 cards)
Cell
A membrane-covered structure that contains all of the materials necessary for life.
Stimulus
A change in the activity of an organism
Homeostasis
The maintenance of a stable internal environment
Sexual reproduction
two parents create an offspring and it is a mix of both parents genetics
asexual reproduction
A way to reproduce where a single parent produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
Unicellular
An organism with one cell
Producers
Organisms that make their own food.
Consumers
Organisms that eat organisms to get food.
Decomposers
Organisms that break down dead organisms or wastes to get there food.
Multicellular
An organism that when grows the number of cells increases and the organisms grow bigger
DNA
The generic material that controls the structure and function of cells.