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| Cell, atoms, molecules, tissue, organs, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere |
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| Basic unit of structure and function of all living things |
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| Constitute basic building blocks of matter known as elements (electrons, protons, neutrons |
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| Combine atoms that are the same or different |
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| Group of cells with common structure and function |
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| Composed of tissues functioning together for a specific task |
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| Composed of several organs working together |
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| An individual, complex individuals |
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| Organisms of the same species in a particular area |
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| A community plus the physical environment |
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| Regions of the earths crust, waters, and atmosphere inhabited by living things |
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| An organism maintain a state of biological balance |
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| Encompasses all the chemical reactions that occur in a cell |
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| Encompasses all the chemical reactions that occur in a cell |
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| Plants and certain other organisms are able to capture solar energy and transform it into chemical energy of organic nutrient molecules |
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| Make another organism like itself |
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| The instructions or blueprint for an organism inherited from it's parents |
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| Are modifications that make organisms suited to their way of life |
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| The process by which a species changes through time |
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| A group of similarly constructed organisms that successfully interbreed |
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| Life forms change over time |
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| Is the discipline of grouping organisms according to their evolutionary history and relationships |
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| Taxa or general classification categories |
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| Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom,and domain |
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| Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya |
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| Microscopic unicellular prokaryotes which lack membrane-bounded nucleus |
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| Has membrane-bounded nucleus |
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| Eukaryotes of the domain Eukarya |
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| Kingdoms - don't have now |
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| Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia |
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binomial nomenclature - two part name
genus and specific epithet of a species |
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