Biology M1

2. the maintenance of stable internal conditions
3. the sum total of all processes in an organism that break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks
4. organism that lacks an internal mechanism for regulating body heat
5. organisms that eat only plants
7. a suggested, testable answer to a well-defined scientific question or a possible, testable explanation for observations
13. organisms that eat both plants and other organisms
14. logical interpretation based on prior knowledge, experience, or evidence
15. organism that is internally warmed by a heat-generating metabolic process
16. an abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of its parents
17. the study of life
18. organisms that eat only organisms other than plants
20. the smallest units of an organism considered alive
21. organisms that depend on other organisms for their food

1. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food
6. organisms that are able to make their own food
8. a special structure that allows a living organism to sense the conditions of their internal or external environment
9. the idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions
10. the collected body of data from experiments and observations
11. the sum total of processes in an organism that use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life
12. the sum total of all processes in an organism that convert energy and matter from outside sources and use that energy and matter to sustain the organism's life functions
19. a factor that changes in an experiment