Living vs Nonliving (Vocab Flashcards)

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organism

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a living thing

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cell

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the basic unit of structure and function in living things

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unicellular

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made of a single cell

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multicellular

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consisting of many cells

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stimulus

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a change in an organism's surroundings

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response

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a behavior an organism takes when it reacts to a stimulus

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development

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produces a more complex organism

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spontaneous generation

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the mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources

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autotroph

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an organism that makes its own food

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heterotroph

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an organism that cannot make its own food