| A | B |
|---|
| abiotic | non living |
| asexual reproduction | process by which a single parent reproduces by itself |
| autotroph | an organism that makes its own food |
| biotic | living organisms |
| cell | the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms |
| cell theory | idea that all living things are composed of cells, cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things, and new cells are produced from existing cells |
| eukaryote | cell with a nucleus |
| external stimulus | a stimulus that comes from outside the body |
| function | the job something does |
| heteorotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food |
| homeostasis | the ability of a living thing to keep conditions inside the body constant |
| internal stimulus | stimulus that comes from inside the body, ex. hungry = stomach growls |
| magnification | the increase of an object's apparent size by using lenses or mirrors |
| multicellular | consisting of many cells |
| nucleus | the organelle that contains the DNA and controls the processes of the cell the brain of the cell |
| organelle | a tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell |
| prokaryote | a cell without a nucleus |
| resolution | the ability to distinguish the individual parts of an object |
| response | a reation to a stuimulus |
| sexual reproduction | process by whic cell grom two different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism |
| spontaneous generation | the mistaken idea taht living things arise from nonliving sources |
| stimulus | a change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react |
| structure | how something is made |
| unicellular | having or consisting a a single cell |
