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| cell | basic building block of life |
| stimulus | a change in the organisms environment that affects the activity of the organism |
| homeostatsis | maintenance of a stable internal environment |
| asexual reproduction | a single parent produces offspring that are identical to the parent |
| sexual reproduction | reproduction that requires 2 parents to produce offspring that will share characteristics of both parents |
| DNA is | special molecule located in the cells of living things that provides instructions for makeing molecules called proteins |
| heredity | transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next |
| metabolism | total of all chemical activities that an organism performs (energy) |
| decomposer | organisms that get their food by breaking down the nutrients in dead organisms or animal waste |
| producer | organisms that produce their own food such as plants |
| consumer | organisms that eat (consume) other organisms to get food |
| DNA stands for | deoxyribonucleic acid |
