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SCI-7 U8

Vocab Quiz 1

Cell The smallest unit that can perform all life processes and contains all of the materials necessary for life.
Stimulus Anything in the environment that causes a response or change in an organism.
Homeostasis The process of an organism maintaining a constant and stable internal state in a changing environment.
Metabolism The total of all chemical activities that an organism performs.
Proteins One of the five chemical building blocks of cells; used to build cells and cellular structures.
Amino Acids The molecules that make up proteins.
Carbohydrates One of the five chemical building blocks of cells; used as a source of energy and for energy storage.
Simple Carbohydrate A carbohydrate made of one sugar molecule or a few linked sugar molecules.
Complex Carbohydrate A carbohydrate made of hundreds of sugar molecules linked together.
Created by: susanmason