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Biology
9th Grade
09/12/2014

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asexual reproduction
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process os reporduction involoving a single parent that results in offspring that are gentically identical to the parent
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biology
Definition
scientific study of life
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DNA
Definition
the set of nongentic traits, qualities, or features that characterize a person or thing
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stimulus
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something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.
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sexual reproduction
Definition
the reproduction involving the union of gametes
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homeostasis
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the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
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metabolism
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the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available.
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biosphere
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part of earth in earth in which life exists including land, water, air or atmosphere
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