| A | B |
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| SpontaneousGeneration | "theory that states that life can spring from nonliving matter" |
| Metabolism | "sum total of all the chemical reactions that occur in an organism" |
| Ingestion | "taking in of food" |
| Digestion | "the process by which food is broken down into simpler substances" |
| Respiration | "the process by which living organisms take in oxygen and use it to produce energy" |
| Excretion | "the process of getting rid of waste materials" |
| LifeSpan | time from conception to death |
| Stimulus | "signal to which an organism reacts; change in the environment" |
| Response | "some action or movement of an organism brought on by a stimulus" |
| SexualReproduction | "reproduction usually requiring two parents" |
| AsexualReproduction | "reproduction requiring only one parent" |
| Homeostasis | "ability of an organism to keep conditions inside its body the same even though conditions in its external environment change" |
| Element | "pure substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means" |
| Compound | "two or more elements chemically combined" |
| DNA(Deoxyribonucleic Acid) | "nucleic acid that stores the information needed to build proteins and carries genetic information about an organism; the “code of life”" |
| RNA(Ribonucleic Acid) | "nucleic acid that “reads” the genetic information carried by DNA and guides the protein-making process." |
| Heterotroph | Organism which canNOT make its own food |
| Autotroph | Organism which can make its own food |
| Synonym for heterotroph | consumer |
| Synonym for autotroph | producer |
| Most living things need gases, food (energy), water, and _____ | space |
| Living things are always made of ---- | cells |
| Living things are able to ______ like kind at some point of life. | reproduce |
| Living things use energy in processes called | metabolism |
| Living things are called | organisms |
| A complete living thing is an | organism |
| Living things have ___ and ___ inside their cells. | DNA, RNA |
| Living things ______ to a stimulus | respond |
| Living things respond to a | stimulus |
| As organisms grow they also change or | develop |
| The prefix "auto" means | self |
| The prefix "a" means | without |
| The prefix "ex" means | out |
| The prefix "gen" means | beginning |
| The prefix "homo" means | same |
| The prefix "hetero" means | different |
| The basic unit of structure and function in an organism is a | cell |
| building blocks of life | cells |
| unicellular | made of one cell |
| multicellular | made of many cells |
