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Adaptation
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Inherited characteristics of a species that develops over time in response to an environmental factor, enabling the species to survive.
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Biology
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Science of life, examines how living things interact. how systems function and how they function at a molecular level.
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Celll
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Basic unit of structure and organization of all living things
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Development
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Changes an organism undergoes in its lifetime before reaching its adult form.
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Diversity
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Differences in structure and function
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Energy
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Ability to do work; energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.
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Excretion
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The process of eliminating waste.
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Growth
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Process that results in mass being added to an organism; may include formation of new cells and new structures.
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Heredity
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The passing of physical/mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
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Homeostasis
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The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrum between interdependent elements, esp. as maintained by physiological processes.
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Living
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To be alive and to live properly
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Movement
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An act of changing physical location or position or of having this changed.
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Non living
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Things that don't move, respire, sense, grow, reproduce, excrete, and take in nutrition.
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Organism
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An individual animal, plant, or single celled life form.
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Organization
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The action of organizing something
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