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| the process of birth, growth, reproduction, and death for living things |
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| the process of birth, growth, reproduction and death of a living thing; life span |
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| organisms that reproduce themselves |
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| a living things surroundings |
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| the smallest unit of a living organism |
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| a theory that says that 1) all living things are made of cells and 2) the cell carries on the function of a living organism |
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| an instrument that uses lenses to magnify objects hundreds or thousands of times |
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| the part of the microscope that you look through. It holds the ocular lens system. |
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| the adjustable cylinder that connects the eyepiece and objectives |
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| move the eyepiece and the objective lens up and down to bring the image into focus |
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| the rotating disc that holds the objective lenses of different magnifications |
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| the curved part of the microscope that connects the lenses to the base |
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| lenses that are used to magnify the image of the specimen |
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| these hold the slide in place on the stage |
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| the place where the specimen (slide) is placed for viewing |
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| focuses light to shine through the hole in the stage |
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| the bottom of the microscope; supports the microscope |
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| an organism consisting of only one cell |
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| living things made up of many cells |
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| a group of cells working together |
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| two or more tissues that work together to perform a specific function |
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| a cell's external boundary for the material inside the cell |
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| a jellylike substance made mostly of water and containing many substances, such as proteins and fats, that are essential to the cell. |
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| a tiny structure inside the cytoplasm of most cells that helps carry out the function of the cell |
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| a large organelle that contains the chromosomes |
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| tight bundles of DNA; usually found in the nucleus of a cell |
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| the cell's engine; responsible for breaking down the cell's food and releasing energy |
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| the cell's system of passageways that allows material to move from one part of the cell to another; also called ER |
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| make the proteins that the cell needs; they also carry out the instructions given to the cell by the DNA |
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| a bubble-like organelle in cells; generally used for storage |
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| a rigid structure that provides support for some kinds of cells |
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| organelles that contain chlorophyll; organelles in which photosynthesis takes place |
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| a green pigment that absorbs energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food and energy for the plant |
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| a scientist whose specialty is the study of cells |
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| the reproduction of an individual cell by its dividing into two cells |
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| the step-by-step process that ensures that the two new cells formed by cell division will be the same as the original cell |
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| the process of creating new life using cells from male and female organisms |
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| a process of cell division in which cells divide a second time, producing reproductive cells with only half as many chromosomes as the parent cell |
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| putting organisms into groups based on similar characteristics |
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| organisms in the kingdom eubacteria; the smallest living things known |
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| a group of the same kind of organisms living together; examples include bacteria and fungi |
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| the more animal-like organisms in the kingdom Protista; able to move around and often live in water |
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| a common protozoan that uses cilia to propel it through the water |
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| protozoans that move around by constantly changing their cell shapes |
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| plantlike organisms in Kingdom Protista; usually can perform photosynthesis and are not mobile |
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| yeast mentioned in the Bible |
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| a process that forms sugars from carbon dioxide and water using sunlight |
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| 7 levels of classification |
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1) Kingdom
2) Phylum
3) Class
4) Order
5) Family
6) Genus
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| every living thing falls into one of the kingdoms |
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| made up of 2 names - the first is the genus name and the second is the species name; in Latin |
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an ordering system to help classify plants and animals according to common characterisitics; developed by Carolus Linnaeus
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