_______________ – structural and functional unit of living organisms

_______________ – molecules interacting

_______________ – the study of life; one of its goals is to discover the unity and patterns that underlie the diversity of living organisms.

_______________ – group of tissues working together to perform a particular function

Read each short-answer essay question carefully, and answer the question fully. Explain the four properties of water and why they are important

_______________ – combined atoms

_______________ – the study of internal and external structure and the physical relationships among body parts

List two parts of the contemporary cell theory. ___________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________

_______________ – method of information storage within the DNA strands of the nucleus; also called a triplet code

_______________ – group of organs working together to perform a general function