| A | B |
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| budding | new offspring if a growth of a parent organism; a type of simple asexual reproduction |
| fission | parent organism splits in two to creat offspring; a simple type of asexual reproduction |
| sexual reproduction | reproduction needing 2 parents |
| asexual reproduction | reproduction needing only 1 parent |
| offspring | new organisms produced by a living thing |
| reproduction | process by which living things produce new organisms like themselves |
| spontaneous generation | false idea that living things come from nonliving things |
| hibernation | inactive state of some animals during winter months |
| migration | seasonal movement of animals from one place to another and back |
| behavior | way in which living things respond to stimuli |
| stimulus | change that causes a response |
| transport | process of moving nutrients and wastes in a living thing |
| excretion | process of getting rid of wastes |
| byproduct | something produced in addition to the main product |
| cellular respiration | process by which a cell releases energy from food molecules |
| digestion | process of breaking down food so that it can be used by living things |
| ingestion | process of taking in food |
| nutrient | chemical substance that is needed to carry out life processes |
| homeostasis | process of keeping conditions inside a body constant, no matter the conditions outside the body |
| heterotroph | organism that cannot make its own food |
| autotroph | organism that can make its own food |
| response | reaction to a change |
| cell | basic unit of structure and function in living things |
| characteristic | quality or property that defines or classifies something |
| organism | any living thing |
| specialization | studying or working in only one part of a subject |
