Chapter 1 The Science of Life  Created by hunterholly   32 terms
the study of life     in biology, the smallest unit that can
perform all life processes; _______ are covered by a membrane
and contain DNA and cytoplasm   describes an organism that
consists of a single cell   describes a tissue, organ, or
organism that is made of many cells     a collection of
specialized cells and cell products that perform a specific
function   one of the small bodies that are found in the
cytoplasm of a cell and that are specialized to perform a
specific function  biological molecule    the steady-state
physiological condition of the body   the sum of all chemical
processes that occur in an organism  cell division  the
formation of two cells from one existing cell   the gene-
directed process by which an organism matures   the process of
producing offspring   a short segment of DNA that contains the
instructions for a single trait   in a modern taxonomic system,
the broadest category; the category that contains kingdoms   i