What Is Life? Vocab Flashcards
(7 cards)
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Response
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An organism reacts to a stimulus with a response- an action or a change in behavior.
2
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Asexual reproduction
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Asexual reproduction involves one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
3
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Sexual reproduction
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Sexual reproduction involves two parents and combines their genetic material to produce a new organism that differs from both parents.
4
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Autoroph
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Organism’s that make their own food.
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Heterotroph
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Organism’s that can not make their own food.
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Homeostasis
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The maintenance of stable internal conditions.
7
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Stimulus
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It’s a change in an organism’s surroundings that causes the organisim to react.