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| all living things are made of cells & cells come from other cells |
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| fuel for cells / made during photosynthesis |
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| cells without a nucleus and other organelles (bacteria) |
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| cells with a nucleus and other organelles |
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| reproduction involving one parent / offspring are genetically identical to parent |
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| reproduction involving two parents / offspring are a mix of parents' genes |
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| scientific name of an organism
ex. (Homo sapiens) |
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two name naming system / genus and species
usually written in Latin |
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| The language that most scientific are written in. |
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| The categories of the modern classification system. |
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| theory that living things come from nonliving things |
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| theory that living things come only from other living things |
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| anything that causes a response in an organism |
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| another name for a living thing |
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| a group of similar cells that do the same sort of work (muscle, bone, vessels) |
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| a group of tissues that work together to perform a function (heart, lungs, leaf) |
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| a group of organs working together |
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| directs the activities of the cell / where the chromosomes are found |
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| the gel-like material inside of the cell |
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| "X" shaped coils of DNA found in the nucleus |
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| organelles that contain chlorophyll and are able to produce glucose (photosynthesize) |
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| a ridgid outer cell covering found in plants cells, but not in animal cells |
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| a green pigment needed for photosynthesis |
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| the flexible outer covering of a cell / it allows materials to move into and out of the cell |
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| the process where oxygen and glucose are changed into energy for the cell (water and carbon dioxide are also produced) |
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| the process where sunlight helps water and carbon dioxide to change into glucose and oxygen |
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| the organelles where respiration takes place |
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| water, carbon dioxide and energy |
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the raw materials of photosynthesis ...
the products of respiration |
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the raw materials of respiration ...
the products of photosynthesis |
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| another name for cell reproduction |
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| cells that have pairs (2) of each chromosome (body cells) / 46 chromosomes in humans |
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| cells with only one of each chromosome (sperm & egg cells) / 23 chromosomes in humans |
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| when a lost or damage body part regrows and may form a new organism |
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| the joining of a sperm and egg cell |
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| when an offspring grows off of the side of a parent |
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| when a cell splits twice and produces new sperm or egg cells |
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| a small piece of DNA that stores the instructions to make a protein |
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| a mistake in the DNA sequence |
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| the male reproductive cells (haploid) |
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| the female reproductive cells (haploid) |
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| the largest number of individuals of species that an ecosystem can support over time |
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| a simple model of the feeding relationship in an ecosystem |
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| a model that shows all possible feeding relationships among organisms in a community |
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| a relationship between two species where one is helped and the other in unaffected |
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| a relationship where one animal eats another |
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| living parts of an ecosystem |
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| nonliving parts of an ecosystem (air, water, light) |
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| decaying matter in the soil |
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| the beginning energy source for most life on Earth |
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| make their own food - remove CO2 from atmosphere |
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| cannot make their own food - add CO2 to the atmosphere |
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| when liquid water becomes a gas |
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| when water vapor becomes liquid water |
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| when water vapor passed though openings of plant leaves |
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| the two most abundant gases in the atmosphere |
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| the rise of temperatures around the world - may be caused by increased CO2 in atmosphere |
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| chemical fertilizers, animal manure & planting legumes |
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| 3 ways to add nitrogen to soil |
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| a body of water in which freshwater mixes with salt water |
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| caused when pollution from burning fossils fuels mixes with atmosphere |
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| the regrowth of life after a major disturbance - even soil must form |
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| the regrowth of life after a disturbance - soil remains |
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| a deadly gas that can be an indoor pollutant |
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| sudden increase in algae population - can be caused by nitrogen fertilizer |
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| areas that store soild land waste (trash) |
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| a symbiotic relationship when both species benefit each other |
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| a relationship between two species where one is helped and one is harmed |
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| a fuel formed from the fossilized remains of ancient seedless vascular plants |
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| the first organisms to grow in a disturbed area |
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| all of the organisms of one species living in the same place and at the same time |
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| all of the different oragnisms living in a the same place at the same time |
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| the role that a species plays within a community |
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| the top portion of Earth's crust, all of Earth's water and surrounding atmosphere - where life is found on Earth |
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| the study of interactions that occur among organisms and their environment |
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