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| a preparation of the dead or weakend bacteria or viruses that produces immunity to a disease |
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| a tiny disease-causing life form consisting of genetic material wrapped inside a capsule of protein |
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| a poison produced by an organism |
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| a relationship between two organisms in which at least one organism benefits |
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| any of mostly one-celled organisms in which the cell does not have a nucleus |
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| the body's system that defends the body against pathogens |
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| a method of asexual reproduction in which a parent cell divides to form two new cells |
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| a disease that can be passed from one individual to another |
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| monerans that contain chlorophyll |
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| monerans that feed on dead organic matter or on living things |
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| a protein produced in the blood that destroys or weakens bacteria and other pathogens |
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| a substance, produced by microbes or fungi, that can destroy bacteria or stop their growth. |
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| What is ethanol and what are some of its uses? |
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| Ethanol is a kind of alcohol used to make medicines, food products, and various other items. |
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| Why is ethanol a good source of fuel? |
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| Because ethanol is unlimited and oils wont last forever. |
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| How are diatoms and other algae important to the ocean environment? |
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| Diatoms makeup a large part of the ocean plankton. Algae provide oxygen, which all living things depend on. |
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| What might our environment be like if there were no fungi? |
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| Fungi grow and feed on organic matter. As they feed they break down matter and return nutrients to the soil. Without this process the Earth would be covered with a great deal of waste. |
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| any of a large group of organisms that feed on dead organisms or that are parasitic |
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| a chemical change in which an organism breaks down sugar to produce carbon dioxide and alcohol or lactic acid |
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| the structure that surronds and encloses a cell and controls the movement of substances into and out of the cell |
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| made up of more than one cell |
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| any of a large group of mostly single-celled, microscopic organisms |
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| the structure that surrounds and encloses a cell and controls the movement of substances into and out of the cell |
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| a theory that states that cells are the basic units of structure and function of all living things |
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| the process in cells which oxygen is used to release stored energy by breaking down sugar molecules |
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| a tiny green organelle that contains chlorophyll and is found in plant cells and some protist cells |
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| a threadlike structure in the nucleus of a cell; it carries the genes that determine the traits an offspring inherits from its parent or parents |
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| the watery gell inside a cell |
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| a chemical change in which organisms breaks down sugar to produce carbon dioxide and alcohol or lactic acid |
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| cell organelles in which energy is release from food |
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| the development of cells into different and specialized cell types |
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| the structue that surrounds and enclose the nucleus and controls what substances move into and out of the nucleus |
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| a group of organs that work together to perform one or more functions |
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| the process by which green plants and other producers use light energy to make food |
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| a group of similar, specialized cells working together to carry out the same function |
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| the basic unit that makes up all living things |
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| the rigid structure surrounding the cells of plants, monerans, and some protist |
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| the tendency of substances to move from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration |
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| the process in which one cell divides to form two identical new cells |
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| the dense, central part of an atom |
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| a part of a multicellular organism made up of a group of tissues that work together to perform a certain function |
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| the diffusin of water through a membrane |
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| a structure in the cytoplasm in which food and other substances are stored |
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| Explain cell differentiation |
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| As an organism grows its cells develop into different and specialized cells. Each type of cell has a structure that makes it specialized for a special task. |
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| How does the lack of sunlight affect food supply? |
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| Sunlight is necessary for photosynthesis in green plants and other producers. |
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| Know the difference between an animal cell and a plant cell. |
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| A plant cell is a cell that is a structural and functional unit of a plant. A animal cell is an organism whose cells contain complex structures enclosed within membranes. |
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| any of various plantlike protists |
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| a microscopic, one-celled algae with a glasslike cell wall |
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| a kind of alcohol used to make medicines, food products, and various other items |
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| organisms, generally microscopic in size, that float or drift in the ocean |
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| protist that have animal-like traits |
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| an organism that lives on dead or decaying matter |
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| a reproductive cell that can develop into a new organism |
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