Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 4SA
By sensing and responding to change, organisms keep conditions in the internal environment within ranges that cells can tolerate. This process is called _____.
- a. reproduction
- b. development
- c. homeostasis
- d. inheritance
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