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organism
Individual living creature
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characteristics that differentiate living and nonliving things
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Order, Evolutionary Adaptation, Regulation, Energy Processing, Growth and Development, Response to the Environment, and Reproduction
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highly ordered structures are comprised of the basic unit of life which is the
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evolutionary adaptation (or generational evolution)
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smaller, genetic changes that allow for better survival of an organism
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(T/F) Maintaining homeostasis is crucial so that living organisms can thrive
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deviations from the optimal conditions requires
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and show not be confused with adaptation
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examples of regulatory processes
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•shivering to generate body heat in humans
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•regulation of blood flow through an organism
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metabolism
sum of the biochemical reactions in a living organism
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in order to sustain life, biochemical reactions are utilized to produce
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energy
living organisms must obtain
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, many prokaryotes use organic substances, metabolizing them via
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plants use light to trap energy through the process of
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photosynthesis
animals ingest food & use biomacromolecules as apart of anaerobic respiration to produce
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ATP; cellular energy
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the generation of new offspring is always accompanied by distinct
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adaptation
a change or a process that allows an organism to become better suited for their environment
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