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- response
- an action or behavior becuase of the surroundings
- stimulus
- something that causes a response
- binomial nomenclature
- the naming of organisms where an organism is given a 2 part name a genus name and a species name
- evolution
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- reproduce
- have offspring or young
- eukaryote
- an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria
- taxonomic key
- series of paired statements that describe the physical characteristic of different organisms
- genus
- a classification grouping that consists of numbers ofsimilar closely related object
- autotroph
- plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
- development
- act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- manipulated variable
- the variable that is deliberately changed by the researcher
- multicellular
- consisting of many cells
- spontaneous generation
- a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter
- nucleus
- a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
- cell
- (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
- species
- a group of similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring in nature
- controlled experiment
- an experiment where all but one variable are kept constant
- taxonomy
- practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
- organism
- a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
- homeostasis
- the maintenance of stable internal conditions despite changes in surroundings
- unicellular
- having or consisting of a single cell
- classification
- the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
- prokaryote
- a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei
- fossil
- the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil