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| are one of the 23 paris of chromosomes in each body cell |
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genes found on the X and Y chromosome
their alleles are passed from parent to child on a sex chromosome
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| is a person who has one recessive allele for a trait and one dominant allele |
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| is an abnormal condition that a person inherits through henes or chromosomes |
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| is a genetic disorder in which the body produces abnormally thick mucus in the lungs and intestines |
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| is caused by a mutation that affects hemogolbin |
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| is a genetic disorder in which a persons blood clots very slowly or not at all |
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| people with this genetic disorder have an extra copy of chromosome 21 in every cell |
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| is a chart or "family tree" that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait |
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| is a picture of all the chromosome in a persons cell |
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| is an organism that has exactly the same genes as the organisms from which it was produced |
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| genes from one organism are transferred into the DNA of another organism |
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| will involve inserting copies of a gene directly into a persons cells |
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| the process of artifically selecting organisms with desired traits to be parents of the next generation |
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| breeders cross two genetically different individuals |
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| involves crossing two indivisuals that have similar desirable characterics |
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| is the application of a technolgical proccess, invention, or method to a living organisms |
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| an organisms full set of DNA |
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| is the study of princlples about what is right and wrong, fair and unfair. |
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| an enivornment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow and reproducen |
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| is a group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce |
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| all the members of one species living in a particular area |
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| all the different populations that live together in an area |
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| the communtiy of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving enivornment |
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| the study of how organisms interact with each other and with their enivornment |
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| an organism that can make its own food |
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| an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms |
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| consumers that eat only plants |
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| consumers that eat only animals |
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| consumers that eat both plants and animals |
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| is a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms |
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| break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw material to the ecosystem |
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| is a series of events in which one organisms eats another and obtains energy |
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| consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem |
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| shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web |
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| a characteristic that makes an individual better suited to a specific environment may eventually become common in that species |
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| the behaviors and physical charactertics that allow organisms to live sucessfully in their enivornment |
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| the role of an organismsm in its habitat |
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| the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources |
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| an interaction in which one organisms kills another for food or nutrients |
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| the organisms that does the killing |
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| the organism that is killed |
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| is any relationship in which two species live closely together and at lest one of the species benefit |
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| a relationship in which both species benefit |
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| is a relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neiter helped nor harmed |
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| a relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside another organisms and harming it |
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| the organisms that benefits |
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| the organisms it lives on or in |
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| of a population is the number of births in a specific population in a certain time period |
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| is the number of deaths in a specific population in a certain time period |
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| the number of individuals in an area of a specific size |
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| is an enivornmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or decrease |
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| the largest population that an area can support |
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| a nonliving part of an organisms habitat |
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| a living or once living part of an organisms habitat |
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| is a land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year |
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| Why are wetlands important? |
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| Because of their sheltered water and rich supply of nutrients, wetlands provide habitats for many living things. Wetlands also act as natural water filters. They can also help control floods by absorbing extra runoff from heavy rains |
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| what impact have humans had on the everglades? |
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| the development of southern florida is resulter in changes to the flow of water across the everglades. water pollution has increased, and native plants and animal populations have declined |
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| the three common types of freshwater wetlands are marshes, swamps, and bogs. |
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| the smallest part of an element that still has these same properties |
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| the number of protons in an atom |
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| protons and neutrons are always together in the center or ________, of the atom |
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| when two atoms have the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons |
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| if an atom loses or gains electrons and now has an unequal number of protons and neutrons |
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