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| The processby which a living organism takes energy from its surroundings and uses it to sustain itself, develop, and grow. |
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| The process by which a plant uses the energy of sunlight and certain chemicals to pruduce its own food. |
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| Organisms that eat plants exclusively. |
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| Orgnaisms that eat only organisms other than plants. |
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| Orgnaisms that eat both plants and other organisms. |
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| Organisms that produce their own food. |
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| Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food. |
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| Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms. |
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| Organisms that are able to make their own food. |
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| Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food. |
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| Reproduction acomplished by a single organism. |
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| Reproduction that requires two organisms, a male and a female. |
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| Special structures or chemicals that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their surroundings. |
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| The process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent or parents to the offspring. |
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| An abrupt and marked difference between offspring and parent. |
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| An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question. |
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| A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data. |
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| A theory that has been testd and is consistent with generations of data. |
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| Living creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye. |
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| The theory that, long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through random chamical reaction. |
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| A cell that has no distinct membrane-bound organelles. |
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| A cell with distinct, membrane-bound organelles. |
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| A unit of one or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from any other units. |
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| The science of classifying organisms. |
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| Naming an organism with its genus and species name. |
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