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| 874447280 | biosphere | all parts of the planet inhabited by living things | 0 | |
| 874447281 | ecosystem | community of living and supportive non-living components of an environment | 1 | |
| 874447282 | organism | living things | 2 | |
| 874447283 | cell | basic units of structure and function for all life | 3 | |
| 874447284 | DNA | molecule responsible for passing on traits | 4 | |
| 874447285 | gene | contains inherited information | 5 | |
| 874447286 | species | each different organism, can only reproduce fertile offspring with same species | 6 | |
| 874447287 | domain | broadest category of living things, there are three | 7 | |
| 874447288 | unicellular | organism that has only one cell | 8 | |
| 874447289 | prokaryotic cell | organism that does not contain a nucleus, typically bacteria | 9 | |
| 874447290 | eukaryotic cell | uni and multicellular organisms with a nucleus | 10 | |
| 874447291 | multicellular | an organism with more than one cell | 11 | |
| 874447292 | system | a complex organization of several parts working together | 12 | |
| 874447293 | photosynthesis | process by which plants make own food | 13 | |
| 874447294 | chemosynthesis | process by which organisms gain energy from deep ocean chemicals like sulfur | 14 | |
| 874447295 | producer | an organism that can make it's own food | 15 | |
| 874447296 | consumer | an organism that must eat food to gain energy | 16 | |
| 874447297 | homeostasis | steady state of balance within an organism | 17 | |
| 874447298 | adaptation | an inherited trait that makes an organism more suitable to it's environment | 18 | |
| 874447299 | population | a localized group of organisms of the same species | 19 | |
| 874447300 | natural selection | survival of the fittest, organisms best suited survive, if not, they die | 20 | |
| 874447301 | evolution | process by which organisms change over time in response to a changing environment | 21 | |
| 874447302 | inquiry | process of scientific questioning and exploration | 22 |
