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organism - ANSWER ✔✔defined as an individual, living creature
the most widely accepted characteristics of an organism - ANSWER
✔✔(1) Order, (2) Evolutionary Adaptation, (3) Regulation, (4) Energy
Processing, (5) Growth and Development, (6) Response to the
Environment, and (7) Reproduction
Order - ANSWER ✔✔structures are comprised of the basic unit of life
which is the cell
,Life is structured into a developmental hierarchy whereby cells give rise -
ANSWER ✔✔rise to tissues, tissues to organs, and organs to whole
organ systems
Evolutionary adaption - ANSWER ✔✔often called generational
evolution, specifically refers to smaller, genetic changes that allow for
better survival of an organism. For instance, consider camouflage
Regulation - ANSWER ✔✔Living organisms are sensitive to
temperature, environmental stresses, pH requirements etc. and go to
great lengths to ensure optimal levels are maintained. include shivering
to generate body heat in humans or the regulation of blood flow
through an organism.
Energy Processing - ANSWER ✔✔In order to sustain life, biochemical
reactions are utilized. The sum of these biochemical reactions is referred
to as metabolism
Growth and Development - ANSWER ✔✔Perhaps intuitive, a living
thing grows, matures, ages, and experiences death.
, Response to the Environment - ANSWER ✔✔Living things respond
through adaption. An adaption is a change or a process that allows an
organism to become better suited for their environment
stimulus - ANSWER ✔✔Anything that causes an organism to respond
Reproduction - ANSWER ✔✔living things must have a way of
producing new and thriving generations to replace the previous ones.
Sexual reproduction - ANSWER ✔✔involves the fusion of two
gametes (one from each parent) that will unite and grow into a new
offspring
Asexual reproduction - ANSWER ✔✔gives rise to new offspring from
a single organism
Levels of Biological Organization - ANSWER ✔✔biosphere,
ecosystems, communities, populations, organisms
Biosphere - ANSWER ✔✔broadest level encompassing planet earth
and the atmosphere; all capable of sustaining living organisms
Ecosystem - ANSWER ✔✔a system of living and non-living things in a
region. Grasslands, forests, desserts, tundra, savanna, aquatic regions,
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