Vocabulary

1. Organism: A living thing. An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life

form.
2. Cell: The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
3. Unicellular: A living thing made up of 1 cell.
4. Multicellular: A living thing consisting of many cells.
5. Metabolism: The combination of chemical reactions through which an
organism builds up or breaks down materials.
6. Stimulus: Signal to which an organism responds.
7. Response: An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a
stimulus.
8. Development: The process of change that occurs during an organisms life to
produce a more complex organism.
9. Asexual Reproduction: A reproductive process that involves only one parent
and produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.
10. Sexual Reproduction: Two cells from different parents unite to produce
the first cell of a new organism.
11. Autotroph: An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or
chemicals and use it to produce its own food.
12. Heterotroph: An organism that cannot make its own food and gets
food by consuming other living things.
13. Homeostasis: Process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable
internal environment. Example: Sweat when its hot
14. Evolution: ability of a group of organisms (species) to change over time
15. Migration: when organisms travel to a different location every year
16. Hibernation: when organisms have long periods of sleep during
cold/harsh weather. Metabolism slows down in order to preserve energy.