tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114291845836990612012-02-16T02:43:05.546-08:00wellpinit studentnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411429184583699061.post-53906260489610580362008-09-12T11:09:00.001-07:002008-09-13T22:54:30.315-07:00<div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Biology:</em></span></strong> is the study of life.</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Cells:</em></span></strong> are highly organized, tiny structures with thin coverings called membranes.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Reproduction:</em></span></strong> is the process by which organisms make more of their own kind from one generation.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Metabolism:</em></span></strong> is the sum of all of the chemical reactions carried out in an organism.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Homeostasis:</em></span></strong> the maintenance of stable internal conditions in spite of changes in the external environment.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Genes:</em></span></strong> are sets of inherited instructions for making proteins.</span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Mutation:</em></span></strong> a change in the DNA of a gene.</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Evolution:</em></span></strong> change in the inherited traits of species over time.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Species:</em></span></strong> is a group of genetically similar organisms that can produces fertile offspring.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Natural Selection:</em></span></strong> the process in which organisms with favorable genes are more likely to survive and reproduce.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em>Ecology:</em></span></strong> is the science that studies the interactions of living organisms with one another and with the nonliving part of their environment.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1411429184583699061-5390626048961058036?l=angeloscience.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>wellpinit studentnoreply@blogger.com0