[BIOL 1010] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 25 pages long Study Guide!
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All groups of organisms share key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to stimuli, reproduction, adaptation, growth and development, regulation, homeostasis, and energy processing. Order organisms are highly organized structures that consist of one or more cells atoms make up molecules multicellular organisms have an advantage over single celled organisms- their cells can be specialized to perform specific functions; even sacrificed sometimes. Sensitivity or response to stimuli movement toward a stimulus is considered a positive response movement away from a stimulus is considered a negative response. Regulation even the smallest organisms are the most complex and require multiple regulatory mechanisms to coordinate internal functions. All organisms use a source of energy for their metabolic activities. Evolution is the process of gradual change during which new species arise from older species- source of diversity of life on earth. Species that are most similar to each other are put together within a grouping known as a genus.
