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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/15/2013

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Term
ADAPTATION
Definition
TRAIT THAT INCREASES ABILITY OF AN IND. TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE COMPARED TO OTHERS W/O THAT TRAIT.
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ATOM
Definition
SMALLEST PARTICLE OF AN ELEMENT
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AUTOTROPH
Definition
SELF FEEDER, A PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISM
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BINOMIAL SYSTEM
Definition
METHOD OF NAMING ORGANISMS BY GENUS AND SPECIES
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BIODIVERSITY
Definition
DIVERSITY OF LIVING ORGANISMS, THE VARIETY OF DIFF. SPECIES IN A GENE POOL
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BIOSPHERE
Definition
PART OF EARTH INHABITED BY LIVING ORGANIMS
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CELL
Definition
SMALLEST UNIT OF LIFE, INCLUDING DNA
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CELL THEORY
Definition
EVERY LIVING ORG. IS MADE UP OF 1 OR MORE CELLS
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CHROMOSOME
Definition
DNA DOUBLE HELIX TOGETHER W/PROTEINS THAT HELP REGULATE DNA
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COMMUNITY
Definition
INTERACTING POPULATIONS W/AN ECOSYSTEM
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CONCLUSION
Definition
DECISION ON THE VALIDITY OF THE HYPOTHESIS BASED ON EXPERIMENTS
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CONTROL
Definition
ALL POSSIBLE VARIABLES ARE CONSTANT
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CYTOPLASM
Definition
ALL MATERIAL CONTAINED WITHIN PLASMA MEMBRANE EXCEPT NUCLEUS
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DEDUCTIVE REASONING
Definition
GENERATING HYPOTHESIS ABOUT RESULTS OF EXPERIMENT
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DNA
Definition
CONTAINS GENETIC INFO OF ALL LIVING CELLS
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DOMAIN
Definition
CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS, BACTERIA, ARCHAEA, AND EUKARYA
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ECOSYSTEM
Definition
ALL ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT WITHIN AN AREA
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ELEMENT
Definition
CANT BE BROKEN DOWN TO A SIMPLER SUBSTANCE
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ENERGY
Definition
CAPACITY TO DO WORK
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EUKARYOTIC
Definition
REFERRING TO CELLS OF ORGANISMS OF DOMAIN EUKARYA(PLANTS, ANIMALS, FUNGI, AND PROTISTS). HAVE GENETIC MATERIAL WITHIN A MEMBRANE BOUND NUCLEUS
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EVOLUTION
Definition
DESCENT OF MODERN ORGANISMS W/MODIFICATION
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EXPERIMENT
Definition
USE OF CONTROLLED OBSERVATIONS TO TEST HYPOTHESIS
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GENE
Definition
UNIT OF HEREDITY, ENCODES INFO FOR AMINO ACID SEQUENCE
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HETEROTROPH
Definition
EATS OTHER ORGANISMS, CONSUMER
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HOMEOSTASIS
Definition
MAINTENANCE OF INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT FOR FUCTIONING OF CELLS
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HYPOTHESIS
Definition
SUPPOSITION BASED ON PREVIOUS OBSERVATIONS
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INDUCTIVE REASONING
Definition
PROCESS OF CREATING A GENERALIZATION BASED ON SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS
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KINGDOM
Definition
RELATED KINGDOMS MAKE A DOMAIN, CONISISTING OF RELATED PHYLA
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MOLECULE
Definition
COMPOSED OF 1 OR MORE ATOMS HELD BY CHEM. BONDS
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MULTICELLULAR
Definition
MANY CELLED, MOST MEMBERS OF KINGDOM FUNGI, PLANTAE, AND ANIMALIA ARE MULTICELLULAR
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MUTATION
Definition
CHANGE IN BASE SEQUENCE OF DNA IN A GENE
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NATURAL CAUSALITY
Definition
NATURAL EVENTS OCCUR AS A RESULT OF BEFORE NATURAL EVENTS
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NATURAL SELECTION
Definition
UNEQUAL SURVIVAL AND REPRO. OF ORG. W/DIFF PHENOTYPES
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NUCLEUS
Definition
CENTER OF ATOM THAT HAS NEUTRONS AND PROTONS
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NUTRIENT
Definition
ACQUIRED FROM ENVIRON. AND NEEDED FOR SURVIVAL, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT
Term
OBSERVATION
Definition
STATEMENT ABOUT A SPECIFIC THING, LEADING TO A QUESTION
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ORGAN
Definition
COMPOSED OF 2 OR MORE DISTINCT TISSUES TO PERFORM A FUCTION
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ORGAN SYSTEM
Definition
2 OR MORE ORGANS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO DO A FUCTION
Term
ORGANELLE
Definition
MEMBRANE ENCLOSED STRUCTURE FOUND INSIDE A EUKARYOTIC CELL
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ORGANIC MOLECULE
Definition
HAS HYDROGEN AND CARBON
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ORGANISM
Definition
ONE LIVING THING
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Definition
CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN WHICH LIGHT IS USED TO SYNTHESIZE HIGH ENERGY ORGANIC MOLECULES
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PLASMA MEMBRANE
Definition
OUTER MEMBRANE OF A CELL
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POPULATION
Definition
ALL MEMBERS OF SAME SPECIES IN AN ECOSYSTEM
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PREDICTION
Definition
STATEMENT MAKING AN EXPECTED OBSERVATION
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PROKARYOTIC
Definition
BACTERIA OR ARCHAEA, NUCLEUS NOT ENCLOSED IN MEMBRANE
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QUESTION
Definition
IN SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Definition
PROCEDURE FOR MAKING OBSERVATIONS
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SCIENTIFIC THEORY
Definition
MORE RELIABLE THAN HYPOTHESIS
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SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF EVOLUTION

 

Definition
THEORY THAT MODERN ORGANISMS DESCENDED W/MODIFICATION
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TISSUE
Definition
GROUP OF SIMILAR CELLS THAT CARRY OUT FUCTION
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UNICELLULAR
Definition
SINGLE CELLED, MEMBERS OF DOMAIN BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA AND KINGDOM PROTISTA
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VARIABLE
Definition
DELIBERATELY MANIPULATED
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