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| The smallest unit of an element |
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| the high energy molecule produced in cellular respiration. |
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| the cellular reaction that uses oxygen and glucose to produce carbon dioxide and water. The energy released from the glucose is stored in ATP molecules. |
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| an additional layer of pretection surrounding the cell membrane of some cells. |
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| The green pigment found in plants,algae, and photosynthetic bacteria that captures energy from the sun. |
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| Coiled up DNA. We have 46 in our body cells, and 23 in our sex cells |
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| cell division that produces body cells. |
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| cell divsion that produces sex cells |
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| two or more atoms held together by chemical forces called bonds. |
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| Peiodic Table of Elements |
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| a table that provides information on the different elements that make up matter |
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| Anything that takes up space. |
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| the cellular reaction that uses energy from the sun, carbon dioxide, and water to produce oxygen and glucose. The energy from the sun is stored in the glucose molecule. |
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| molecules produced in a chemical reaction. They are located on the right hand side of the arrow |
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| molecules broken down in a chemical reaction. Located on left hand side of arrow. |
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| organelles that read the code sent from the DNA to produce proteins which give us our traits. All cells have these. |
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| Characteristics that are not controlled by genes, such as a pierced ears. |
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| a trait that helps an organism to survive in its environment |
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| a molecule located in the cells of living things that holds the code for the production of proteins. |
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| The solidified remains or imprints of an organism in sedimentary rock |
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| A section of DNA that codes for a certain protein |
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| Changing the genes of an organism |
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| Genetically modified organisms |
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| Organisms that have had their genes changed in order to change a characteristic |
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| the genes that an organism has for a trait. |
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| two different alleles for a trait |
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| Pairs of chromosomes that contain genes controlling the same traits. |
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| two of the same alleles for a trait |
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| a characteristic controlled by genes, eye color |
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| a change in the order of bases in DNA, which could result in a change in the protein being produced. Insertion,deletion, and substitution. |
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| a tool used to observe how a particular trait has been passed down through generations. |
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| the genes that an organism shows for a trait |
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| a characteristic controlled by multiple sets of genes. |
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| simple unicellular organisms without a nucleus. Some can be harmful to humans and some can be helpful. |
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| a type of asexual reproduction used by bacteria. |
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| the variety of life in a given area and on earth |
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| the struggle among organisms, both of the same and of different species, for food, for space, and other vital requirements. |
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| an organism that breaks down dead organisms and absorbs their nutrients |
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| a community and its environment |
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| All of the living things in an area |
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| a period of reduced activity in the summer for some animals. |
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| roots that have many branches and are just below the surface of the soil |
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| the path of food energy from the sun to the producer to a series of consumers in an ecosystem |
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| an arrangement of several overlapping food chains in an ecosystem |
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| a multicellular decomposer, mushrooms |
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| sprouting. The process in which the plant embryo breaks out of the seed coat. |
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| the area in which an animal lives |
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| a chemical sprayed onplants to kill insects that might eat them. |
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| one organism lives on or in another and both benefit |
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| the process in which organisms with the most desirable traits for their environment survive, reproduce,and pass the gens for those traits down to their offspring |
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| a species that was introduced to an area and was not originally found in that area. |
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| a type of animal-like protist |
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| an organism that lives on a host and harmss it, while helping itself. |
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| all of the organisms of the same species living in a particular area. |
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| an organism that attacks, kills, and eats another organism |
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| the organism that is attacked, killed and consumed by a predator |
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| an organism that makes its own food by using photosynthesis |
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| unicellular or simple multicellular organisms with a nucleus. |
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| Change in the make up of an ecological community over time, often as the result of a disturbance such as a fire. |
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| a single large root that grow deep into the ground. |
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| the process in which water exits the leaf of a plant through an open stomata |
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| the cycle in which water moves from land up through the atmosphere and back to the land. |
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| group that is most similar to normal, it is used for comparison |
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| the factor that is being studied in an experiment. |
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| the error that results from small human and measuring device errors in an experiment. |
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| the group in which 1 factor has been changed. |
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| an educated guess as to what the results of an experiment will be. |
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| factor that the scientist is changing between the two groups at the start of the experiment |
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