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Biology
9th Grade
12/11/2010

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Biosphere
Definition
All the Parts of the planet that are inhabited by living things
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Ecosystem
Definition
Community of living things in an area, Along with nonliving features of the environment that support the living community
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Organisms
Definition
Individual Living things
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Cells
Definition
Life's basic units and structure and Function
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DNA
Definition
Chemical Responsible for inheritance,the passing on of traits from parent organisms to their offspring
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Genes
Definition
Units of inherited information
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Species
Definition
Distinct form or life/Scientist identified more than 1.5 million...
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Domain
Definition
broadest category of three parts Archaea ,Bacteria and Eukarya
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Unicellular
Definition
The entire body is consist of just one cell
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Prokaryotic cells
Definition
The cells without a Nuclei
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Eukaryotic cell
Definition
Cells that Contain a Nuclei
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Multicellular
Definition
Organisms that are made of many cells
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Photosynthesis
Definition
The process when plant makes it own food
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Homeostasis
Definition
The ability of Mammals and bird to regulate body Temperature
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Adaptation
Definition
Inherited trait that helps that organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its particular environment
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population
Definition
A localized group of organisms belonging to the same species
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Natural Selection
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The Natural environment "selecting" Certain inherited Traits
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Evolution
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A process of change
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Observation
Definition
The use of senses such as vision, hearing to gather and record information
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data
Definition
Recorded Observations
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Inference
Definition
A logical conclusion based on observations
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Generalization
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When scientist put together many specific observations to reach a general conclusion
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Hypothesis
Definition
Suggested answer to a well-defined scientific question
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variable
Definition
A condition that can differ within the experiment
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Controlled Experiment
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An experiment that tests the effect of a single variable is called
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Theory
Definition
Well tested explanation that makes sense of a great variety
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Matter
Definition
Anything that occupies space and has mass
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Element
Definition
A pure substance that can not be broken down
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trace elements
Definition
Elements that make up less than 0.01 percent of your body
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Compound
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A substance containing two or more elements that are chemically combined in a fixed ratio
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Atom
Definition
Smallest particle of a element
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Proton
Definition
A subatomic particle with a single unit of positive electrical charge(+)
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Electron
Definition
A subatomic particle with a single unit of negative charge (-)
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Neutron
Definition
A electrically neutral meaning it has no charge
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Atomic Number
Definition
How many Protons in a Elemental Atom
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Nucleus(Atom)
Definition
An Atoms protons and neutrons are tightly packed together forming a central core
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Isotopes
Definition
Has the same number of protons as electrons but a different number of Neutrons
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radioactive Isotope
Definition
The Nucleus decays over time, giving off radiation in the form of matter and energy
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ionic Bond
Definition
When a atom transfers an election to another atom
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ions
Definition
After a ionic bond the Atom is referred as a
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Covalent Bond
Definition
When 2 Atoms Share Electrons
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Molecule
Definition
Two or more atoms held by covalent bond forms a
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Chemical Reactions
Definition
Such Changes, Which result in the formation of one or more new Substances
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reactants
Definition
The starting Materials of the Reaction in a chemical reaction
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products
Definition
the ending materials from a Chemical reaction
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Polar Molecule
Definition
A molecule in which opposite ends have opposite electric charges is called a
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Hydrogen Bond
Definition
This type of weak attraction between the hydrogen atom of one molecule and a slightly negative atom within another molecule is a type of chemical bond
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Cohesion
Definition
The Tendency of molecules of the same kind to stick to one another is called
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Adhesion
Definition
The type of attraction that occurs between unlike molecules is called
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Thermal energy
Definition
The total amount of energy associated with the random movement of atoms and molecules in a sample of matter
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Temperature
Definition
A measure of the average energy of random motion of the particles in a substance
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Solution
Definition
A uniform mixture of two or more substances
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Solvent
Definition
The substance that dissolves the other substance is present the grater amount is the
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Solute
Definition
the substance that dissolved and is present in a lesser amount is called the
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Aqueous Solution
Definition
When water is the solvent, the result is called an
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Acid
Definition
A compound that donates H+ ions to a solution
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Base
Definition
A compound that removes H+ from an aqueous solution is called a
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pH Scale
Definition
Describes how acidic or basic a solution is
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Buffers
Definition
Substances that cause a solution to resist changes in pH
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Volume
Definition
how much three-dimensional space a substance (solid, liquid, gas, or plasma) or shape occupies or contains
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Density
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is defined as its mass per unit volume.
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Mass
Definition
Anything that takes up space
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Atomic Mass
Definition
Number of electrons
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Evaporation
Definition
When molecules escape to the air
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Condensation
Definition
change of the physical state of matter from gaseous phase into liquid phase
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Diatomic molecule
Definition
are molecules composed only of two atoms, of either the same or different chemical element
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law of conservation of mass
Definition
The mass will remain constant overtime
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Particle theory of matter
Definition
Matter is made up of atoms
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Hydrophilic
Definition
Attract water molecules
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Monomers
Definition
large molecules that are built from many similar, smaller molecular units
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Polymers
Definition
A long straight chain of monomers
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Dehydration reaction
Definition
when a monomer is added to a chain and a water molecule is release this is a example of
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Hydrolysis reaction
Definition
When cells add water by breaking Monomer bonds is a example of
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carbohydrates
Definition
An organic compound made up of sugar molecules
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Monosaccharides
Definition
Simple sugars contain just one sugar unit
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Disaccharide
Definition
Double Sugar or formed by 2 Monosaccharides
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PolySaccharides
Definition
A long polymer chains made up of simple sugar monomers are
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Starch
Definition
Is a polysaccharide found in plant cells that consists entirely of glucose monomers
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Glycogen
Definition
A chain of many glucose monomer,but is more highly branched than a starch polymer
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cellulose
Definition
They protect cells and stiffen the plant, preventing it from flopping over
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Lipids
Definition
Class of water-avoiding compounds
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Hydrophobic
Definition
Water-avoiding molecules
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fat
Definition
A three-Carbon backbone called glycerol attached to three fatty acids
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Saturated fat
Definition
A fat in which all three fatty acid chains contain the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms
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Unsaturated fat
Definition
Contains less than the maximum number of hydrogen atoms in one or more of its fatty acid chains
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Steroid
Definition
A lipid molecule in which the carbon skeleton forms four fused rings is called a
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Cholesterol
Definition
An essential molecule found in the membranes that surround your cells
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Protein
Definition
A polymer constructed from a set of just 20 kinds monomers called amino acids
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Amino Acids
Definition
A monomer consists of a central carbon atom bond
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Polypeptide
Definition
Cells create proteins by linking amino acids together into a chain called a
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denaturation
Definition
A unfavorable change in temperature,pH, or some other quality of the environment can cause a protein to unravel and lose its normal shape
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Activation energy
Definition
Starting up energy
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Catalyst
Definition
Compounds that speed up chemical reactions
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Enzymes
Definition
The main catalysts of chemical reactions in organisms are specialized proteins called
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Substrate
Definition
A specific reactant acted upon by an enzyme is called the
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cell theory
Definition
All living things are composed by cells...cells are the function and structure of living things...cells come form pre-existing cells
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Organelle
Definition
each part with a specific job to do is called
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Plasma membrane
Definition
A thin outer cover of a cell
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Nucleus
Definition
Forms DNA
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Cytoplasm
Definition
The entire region of the cell between the nucleus and the plasma membrane
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Cell wall
Definition
helps protect and maintain plant cells
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Phospholipid bilayer
Definition
at such boundaries, the... forms a two-layer sandwich of molecules
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Diffusion
Definition
The net movement of the particles of a substance from where they are more concentrated where they are less concentrated
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Equilibrium
Definition
Balance between the moving particles
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Selectively permeable membrane
Definition
Allows some substances to cross the membrane more easily than others
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passive transport
Definition
No energy is expended
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Facilitated diffusion
Definition
Transport proteins provide a pathway for certain molecules to pass
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Osmosis
Definition
The passive transport of water across a selectively permeable membrane
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Hypertonic
Definition
Solution with a higher concentration of solute
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Hypotonic
Definition
the solution with the lower solute concentration
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isotonic
Definition
When the concentrations of solute are equal
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Nuclear envelope
Definition
Surrounds the nucleus
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Nucleolus
Definition
Makes the organelles called ribosomes
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Ribosomes
Definition
Protein assembly lines
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endoplasmic reticulum
Definition
The transportation in a cell factory
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rough endoplasmic reticulum
Definition
helps produce proteins and has ribosomes on it
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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Definition
Builds lipid molecules
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Golgi apparatus
Definition
A organelle that modifies stores and routes proteins
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Vacuoles
Definition
Large membrane bound sacs
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lysosomes
Definition
(not Large)membrane bound sacs
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Chloroplasts
Definition
Are photosynthetic organelles in plant cells
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Mitochondria
Definition
the sites where cellular respiration occurs
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ATP
Definition
The main energy source that cells use for most of their work
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Flagella
Definition
long thin structures that enable the cell to move
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Cilia
Definition
Shorter than Flagella but moves a cell through its surroundings
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