| A | B |
|---|
| cell | "membrane-covered structure that contains all of the materials necessary for life" |
| stimulus | "a change in an organism's environment that affects the activity of the organism" |
| homeostasis | "the maintenance of a stable internal environment" |
| "asexual reproduction" | "singe parent producing offspring identical to the parent" |
| "sexual reproduction" | "two parents produce offspring with characteristics of both parents" |
| DNA | "a special molecule with instructions for making proteins" |
| heredity | "transmission of characterstics from one generation to the next" |
| metabolism | "the total of all the chemical activities an organism performs" |
| decomposer | "an organism that gets food by breaking down dead organisms or waste products" |
| producer | "an organism that can produce its own food" |
| consumer | "an organisms that must consume other organisms to get food" |
