Biology Vocabulary

1. Biology: The study of life
2. Organization: the high degree of order within an organism’s internal and external parts and in its interactions with the living world
3. Cell: the smallest unit that can perform all life’s processes
4. Unicellular: made up of one cell
5. Multicellular: multiple cells
6. Organ: a structure that carries out specialized jobs within an organ system
7. Tissues: groups of cells that have similar abilities and that allow the organ to function
8. Organelles: Tiny structure that carries out functions necessary for the cell to stay alive
9. Biological molecules: the chemical compounds that provide physical structure and that bring about movement, energy, use, and other cellular functions
10. Heterotrophs: Organisms that must take in food to meet their energy needs
11. Autotrophs: Organisms using their energy they trap from the sun called photosynthesis
12. Homeostasis: that maintenance of a stable level of internal conditions are constantly changing
13. Metabolism: the sum of all chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and materials from the environment
14. Cell division: the formation of two new cells from an existing cell
15. Domains: major subdivisions of all organisms
16. Kingdoms: a grouping system that divides organisms into 6 major categories
17. Ecology: the study of organisms interacting with each other and the environment
18. Ecosystems: communities of living species and their physical environments
19. Evolution: the process in which the inherited characteristics within populations change over generations
20. Natural selection: organisms that have certain favorable traits are better able to survive and reproduce successfully than organism that lacks these traits
21. Adaptation: traits that improve an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce
22. Development: process by which an organism becomes an adult
23. Reproduction: to produce another organism like it’s self
24. Prediction: Is a…