Section 1.1 Biology

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Biology

Science of life; examines how living things interact, how systems function, and how they function, and how they function at a molecular leve

Organism

Anything that has or once had all the characteristics of life

Organization

Orderly structure shown by living things

Growth

Process that results in mass being added to an organism; may include formation of new cells and new structures

Development

Changes an organism undergoes in its lifetime before reaching its adult form

Reproduction

Production of offspring

Species

Group of organism that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Stimulus

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

Response

Organism's reaction to stimulus

Homeostasis

Regulation of an organism's internal environment to maintain conditions needed for life

Adaptation

Inherited characteristic of species that develops over time in response to an environment factor, enabling the species to survive