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Section 1
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- 1What characteristics do all living things share?cellular organization
similar chemicals
use energy
respond to surroundings
grow and develop
reproduce - 2Where do living things come from?Living things arise from other living things through a process called reproduction.
- 3What do all living things need to survive?food
water
space
stable internal conditions - 4What is an organism?Any living thing
- 5What is a cell?The basic unit of structure and function in an organism.
- 6What does unicellular mean?An organism with one cell.
- 7What does multicellular mean?An organism with many cells.
- 8What is a stimulus?A change in an organism's surroundings causing them to react.
- 9What is a response?A change in the behavior of an organism because of the stimulus.
- 10What is development?The process of change that happens during an organisms life to produce a more complex organism.
- 11What is spontaneous generation?The mistaken idea that living things can arise from non-living sources.
- 12What is a controlled experiment?An experiment where all factors are identical except one.
- 13What is an autotroph?An organism that can make its own food.
- 14What is a heterotroph?An organism that can't make its own food.
- 15What is homeostasis?The maintenance of stable internal conditions.
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