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Biology
9th Grade
12/14/2011

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Quantitative Date
Definition
Information Described by numbers & graphs
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Graduated Cylinder
Definition
Measuring in ML
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Independent/Dependent variable
Definition
Cause & Effect
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Ionic Bond
Definition
charged particles
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Water/Polar Molecule
Definition
water is a Polar Molecule
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Solute/Solvent
Definition
Dry Sugar = Solute
Water= Solvent
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PH Indicator
Definition
Red cabbage juice
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PH Scale
Definition
measuring through 0-14
7 = Neutral
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Covalent Bond
Definition
sharing electrons
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The Cell Theory
Definition
all living things made of cells & cells came from pre-existing cells
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Mitochondria
Definition
produces energy for cells
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Lipid Bylayer
Definition
cell membrane
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Prokaryote Cell
Definition
no real nucleolus (bacteria)
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Organelles
Definition
cell parts
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Nucleolus
Definition
found in the nucleus
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Eukaryote Cell
Definition
complex & true nucleous
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Food Chain
Definition
line of consumers
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Ecosystem
Definition
organisms in their enviroment
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Abiotic Factor
Definition
non-living (rock, soil, water, etc)
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Biotic Factor
Definition
living factors (humans, animals, algae, etc)
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Carbon Cycle
Definition
breathing out CO2
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Parasitism
Definition
one helped & one is harmed
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Mutualism
Definition
both helped
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Commensalism
Definition
one helped and the other is neither helped nor harmed
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Autotroph
Definition
makes its own food (plants)
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Hetertroph
Definition
cannot make its own food (humans)
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Habitat
Definition
where an organisms lives
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Niche
Definition
an organisms job
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Carnivore
Definition
generally eats meat (lion, shark)
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Detrivore
Definition
eats dead organisms- decaying material
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Secondary Succession
Definition
new growth occuring where growth had wipe out (tornado) - where there had been before
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Primary Succession
Definition
growth where had never been before (volcanic soil, new island)
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Biosphere
Definition
Earth
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Interphase
Definition
growth cycle of the cell, it also is the longest
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Phases of Mitosis
Definition
P - Prophase M- Metaphase A- Anaphase T- Telephase
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Cytokinesis
Definition
When the cytoplasm divides
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Malignancy
Definition
Cancer
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Benign
Definition
non-canerous
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Double Helix
Definition
shape of the DNA
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Nucleotides
Definition
Building of DNA (make up DNA)
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A-T G-C
Definition
How the Nucleotides pair off. (Adensine, Thynine, Guanine, Cytosine)
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Enzyme
Definition
Speeds up reactions, but they do not become the products
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Ribose
Definition
Suagr in RNA
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Amino Acids
Definition
building blocks of Protein
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Codon
Definition
Unites of RNA (AUG start Codon)
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Chromosmal Mutation
Definition
most harmful mutation
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Uracil
Definition
Nitrogen base in RNA takes place of the "T"
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Hypotonic Solution
Definition
very Dolute (cells will burst)
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Osmosis
Definition
Diffsuion in water
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Hypertonic Solution
Definition
very concentrated (cells shrink)
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Istonic Solution
Definition
high concentration to low concentration (equal solution)
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Active Transport
Definition
requires energy
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Tare weight
Definition
Subtracting weight of container
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Permafrost
Definition
Frozen soil
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Coniferous Forest
Definition
everygreen & bare cones
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ATP
Definition
stores energy in a cell
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Coeffient in a Chemical Formula
Definition
number before the letter
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Reactants/Products of Photosynthesis
Definition
Left side of the equation=6CO2+12H2O
Right side of the equation=→C6H12O6+6
O2+6 H2O
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Calvin Cycle
Definition
in the Dark
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Anearobic
Definition
Without oxygen
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Aerobic
Definition
With oxygen
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Lactic Acid
Definition
muscle soreness
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Adenosine Triphosphate
Definition
ATP
Term
Full set of Human Chromosomes
Definition
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Mitosis
Definition
Cell Division
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Tundra
Definition
Frozen Biom
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