Set of interacting components considered to be a distinct entity for the purpose of study/understanding?

Information from one step of a cycle that acts to change the behavior of a previous of the cycle

A single individual or being

Community of living organisms with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system

A property that a system has, but that its component parts do not have

Application of scientific knowledge for practical use

developed to allow people to live longer; healthier lives

Method used to develop or improve technology

Applies the concept of engineering to living things

Living components in an ecosystem

A maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism

Nonliving things in an ecosystem

Two or more organs that work together to perform body functions

Group of similar cells that work together to perform a specialized function

Group of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body

Most basic unit of life

Make adjustments in the same direction as the stimulus

The interactions between the receptor, the control center, and the effector

A stimulus causes an imbalance in one direction

Chemicals secreted into the bloodstream by ductless endocrine glands

Organelles that carry out photosynthesis

Anything from the internal or external environment that causes an imbalance in the internal conditions of a cell, organ, organ system, or organism

Supply energy to the cell

Storehouse for most of the genetic information, or DNA in your cells

Controls the movement of materials into and out of the cell

Process by which cells become specialized in structure and function