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| Adaptation | Any structure or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment |
| Stimulus | A change or signal in an organisms environment |
| Response | A reaction to a change |
| Ingestion | Taking in food |
| Digestion | Breaking down food |
| Excretion | Gettind rid of wastes |
| Respiration | Glucose + Oxygen = energy |
| Growth | An increase in size |
| Development | A change in form and function and organism goes through as it grows and matures |
| Metamorphosis | A cycle of development in amphibians and insects |
| Asexual reproduction | 1 parent, identical copies, NO exchange of genetic material |
| Sexual reproduction | 2 parents, similiar, exchange of genetic material |
| Metabolism | The processes of making, using and storing energy |
| Movement | changing of position relative to a fixed point |
| Locomotion | moving from one place to another using one's own power |
| multicellular | many celled |
| unicellular | one cell |
| Prokaryotic | cells without a nucleus and other cell structures |
| Eukaryotic | Cells with a nucleus and other cell structures |
| Cell | the basic unit of structure and function in living organisms |
| Tropism | a response in plants to a stimulus |
| Taxis | a response in animals to a stimulus |
| Phototropism | plants response to light |
| Hydrotropism | plants response to water |
| Geotropism | plants response to gravity |
| Thigomtropism | plants response to touch |
| Environment | an organisms surroundings |
| Extinction | when a species completely dies out |
| species | organisms that are able to successfully reproduce |
| Energy | the ability to do work |
| Life span | the maximum amount of time and organism should live in its natural habitat |
| Gene | hereditary structure that codes for traits |
