Biology

2. A signal to which an organism responds
5. key A tool used to identify a species by answering a series of questions based on contrasting features that have two possible outcomes
8. The production of new living organisms by combining genetic material from two different members of the same species
11. Organisms made up of more than one cell
14. To arrange in categories based off of shared characteristics
15. The smallest units that make up living things
17. A distinguished characteristic
18. Organisms that must eat other organisms to get food for energy
20. The process by which plants use energy from the sun to combine carbon dioxide and water to make carbs
22. The genetic code found in every cell
24. The ability to cause change in matter, especially to do work
25. The main process which provides energy for life by releasing the energy store in the chemical bonds of sugar molecules
26. An individual form of life such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus

1. Organisms that make their own food
3. Offspring that is generated being genetically identical to a single parent
4. The classification and naming of living things
6. The total sum of all chemical reactions in a living organism
7. A possible explanation or answer to a scientific question
9. name The taxanomic name of an organism that consists of the genus and species
10. A reaction to something in the environment
12. Organisms made up of one cell
13. Organisms that use chemicals for food or energy
16. The process by which food is broken down into simpler substances
19. The primary source of energy on earth
21. Strategies used by living things to maintain stable conditions even when external conditions change
23. Factors that vary in an experiment