Unit 3- Science Laricchuita

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What is homeostasis?

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How your body is able to stay balanced and steady (e.g., sweating when warm, breathing during exercise, insulin lowering sugar).

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What is the organization of life from largest to smallest?

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Organism, Organ system, Organ, Tissue, Cell.

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What is an organism?

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Any living thing made up of organ systems that keep it alive and maintain homeostasis (e.g., humans, plants, animals).

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What is an organ system?

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Multiple organs working together to carry out one life process (e.g., digestive system, circulatory system).

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What is an organ?

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Many tissues working together to carry out a job (e.g., stomach, liver, intestine, lungs).

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What is tissue?

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A group of similar cells that work together to do a job (e.g., skin tissue, muscle tissue, brain tissue).

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What is a cell?

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The smallest unit of a living thing/organism that displays all characteristics of life (e.g., skin cell, muscle cell, plant cell).

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What is mitosis?

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A process where one single parent cell makes two identical daughter cells.

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What is metabolism?

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The sum of all chemical activities in the body (e.g., synthesis, chemical digestion, mitosis).

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What is cellular respiration?

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How cells turn food (like sugar) and oxygen into usable energy (called ATP).