Biology Chapter 1 Vocabulary Review 2023

The science of life; Examines how living things interact, how systems function, and how they function at a molecular level.

• biology

• chemistry

• physical science

• physics

Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life.

• organism

• species

• stimulus

• response

The orderly structure shown by living things.

• organization

• development

• reproduction

• adaptation

The process that results in mass being added to an organism; may include the formation of new cells and new structures.

• growth

• reproduction

• adaptation

• homeostasis

The changes an organism undergoes in its lifetime before reaching its adult form.

• development

• growth

• reproduction

• adaptation

The production of offspring

• reproduction

• growth

• development

• adaptation

A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

• species

• organism

• stimulus

• response

Any change in an organism's internal or external environment causes the organism to react.

• stimulus

• response

• homeostasis

• adaptation

An organism's reaction to a stimulus.

• response

• adaptation

• growth

• stimulus

The regulation of an organism's internal environment to maintain conditions needed for life.

• homeostasis

• adaptation

• response

• growth