Characteristics of Life Vocabulary Review

The living parts of an environment

• biotic

• abiotic

• organism

• cells

The nonliving parts of the environment

• biotic

• abiotic

• organism

• cell

A living thing

• organism

• organelle

• organ

• organic

The ability of an organism to maintain a stable internal environment even when the external environment changes

• homeostasis

• evolution

• reproduction

• digestion

The basic unit of structure and function that makes up all organisms; the smallest unit of life

• cell

• organelle

• organ

• organ system

Molecules that contain both hydrogen and carbon

• inorganic

• organic

Molecules that do not contain both carbon and hydrogen, but can contain any other combination of elements

• organic

• inorganic

The process by which organisms produce new organisms of the same type

• respiration

• reproduction

• evolution

• locomotion

The process by which species have changed over time

• evolution

• repsiration

• reproduction

• locomotion

A life process that involves combining simple substances into more complex substances (building)

• synthesis

• digestion

• reproduction

• respiration