| A | B |
| Organism | any living thing |
| Locomotion | moving from place to place |
| Growth | change in size or number |
| Development | change in shape |
| Stimulus | any change in the environment that causes a response |
| Response | a reaction to a stimulus |
| Reproduction | organsims producing others of the same kind |
| Binary fission | asexual reproduction where 2 identical daughter cells are formed |
| Budding | asexual reproduction where 2 cells are produced of unequal size |
| Spore formation | asexual reproduction using spores in ferns & fungi |
| Gamete | a sex cell |
| Fertilization | joining of sperm & egg |
| Zygote | a fertilized egg |
| Metabolism | the sum total of all chemical activities in an organism |
| Life span | the duration of time of an organism between life & death |