What is Biology
Stimulus
A Signal (the cause)
Sexual
DNA from 2 different parents
Unicellular
1 celled
Different --- iation
Cells look different and perform different functions (jobs)
Genetic Code
Directions for inheritance (DNA)
Growth
Getting Larger/Increase # of cells
Response
Reaction (the effect)
The Cell
Smallest unit of life
Biology
The study of life
Metabolism
Total of all the chemical reactions in the body. Animals eat to obtain energy, plants photosynthesize.
Evolution
change over time
Bio
life
Homeostasis
maintaining constant internal conditions (balance)
Multicellular
many celled
Asexual
single parent (cloning)
-ology
study of
Development
the process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism