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Vocabulary Review

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

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  1. Vocabulary Review Introduction to Biology

  2. Study of life BIOLOGY

  3. High degree of internal & external order in living things ORGANIZATION

  4. Composed of only one cell UNICELLULAR

  5. Composed of more than one cell MULTICELLULAR

  6. Smallest unit of life CELL

  7. Group of specialized cells working together TISSUE

  8. Tissues working together to do a job such as the heart or lungs ORGANS

  9. Tiny structures inside a cell that do different jobs ORGANELLES

  10. Chemical compounds that make up organelles BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

  11. An individual living thing ORGANISM

  12. A physical or chemical change in the environment an organism can respond to STIMULUS

  13. The response of the pupils of the eye when shown a bright light DILATION

  14. Stable internal conditions of an organism HOMEOSTASIS

  15. What would happen to an organism that didn’t maintain homeostasis DEATH

  16. Required by all living things to power their life processes ENERGY

  17. Sum of all the chemical reactions in an organism METABOLISM

  18. Process of capturing and storing light energy in the bonds of sugars PHOTOSYNTHESIS

  19. Increase in size of an organism GROWTH

  20. Formation of new cells from existing cells CELL DIVISION

  21. The main change that follows cell division in a unicellular organism ENLARGEMENT

  22. Process by which an organism becomes a mature adult DEVELOPMENT

  23. Cells specializing by taking on different shapes and functions DIFFERENTIATION

  24. Organisms producing new organisms like themselves REPRODUCTION

  25. Reproduction of organisms must occur for this to be true for a species SURVIVAL

  26. Large molecule containing the hereditary information of a cell DNA

  27. Instructions for a single trait on DNA GENE

  28. Reproduction that recombines hereditary information from two organisms SEXUAL

  29. Reproduction where the new individual is genetically identical to the original ASEXUAL

  30. The ability of a population of organisms to change over long periods of time EVOLUTION

  31. The variety of life that exists DIVERSITY

  32. Three major divisions of all life DOMAINS

  33. Animalia, Plantae, and Fungi are examples KINGDOMS

  34. Organisms interacting with each other and their environment ECOLOGY

  35. Communities of living organisms and their physical environment ECOSYSTEM

  36. Main byproduct of animals that is used by plants CARBON DIOXIDE

  37. Descent with modification EVOLUTION

  38. Theory that organisms with favorable traits are better able to survive NATURAL SELECTION

  39. Traits that improve an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce ADAPTATIONS

  40. An organized approach used by scientists to learn how the natural world works SCIENTIFIC METHOD

  41. The act of perceiving the natural world OBSERVATION

  42. Formed from observations to propose an explanation for the way things work in the natural world HYPOTHESIS

  43. Test of a hypothesis EXPERIMENT

  44. Information gathered in an experiment DATA

  45. Provides a standard for comparison in an experiment CONTROL

  46. The one thing that a scientist allows to change in an experiment VARIABLE

  47. Highly tested, generally accepted principle that explains several observations THEORY

  48. Scientific experts who critique another scientist’s work PEER REVIEW

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