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60 Cards in this Set
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Classify
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to group organisms according to similarites
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Taxonomy
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the science of grouping organisms
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species
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a group of very very similar organisms
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kingdom
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largest taxonomic group
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dichotomous key
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tool used to identify and name organism
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parasite
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organism that lives in or on the organism
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herbivore
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eats only plants
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carnivore
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eats only meat
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omnivore
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eats both plants & meat
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host
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organism that has a parasite living on it or in it
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genotype
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the appearance of an organisms genes
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genetics
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study of heredity
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heredity
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passing of traits to offspring
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traits
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any characteristic that is passed from generation to generation
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Punnett Square
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tool used to predict the results of a genetic cross
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gametes
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sex cells such as egg or sperm
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sexual reproduction
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reproduction involving 2 parents
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homozygous
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having 2 same alleles "pure" allels
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heterozygous
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having 2 different allels
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Phenotype
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the physical appearance of an organism
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open circulatory system
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blood is not inside vessels
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closed circulatory system
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blood is inside vessels
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skeletal system
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system that makes red blood cells
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digestive system
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system used to break food down small enough to get inside a cell
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circulatory system
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system that transports nutrients & oxygen
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cnidarian
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organism with stinging cells
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mollusk
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soft bodie4d animal, sometimes with shells
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exoskelton
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outer covering or shell
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arachnid
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spiders
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molting
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shedding an outer shell
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chromosome
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tiny bits of DNA / control heredity
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asexual reproduction
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reproduction with only one parent cell
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diploid
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having full set of chromosomes
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haploid
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having 1/2 set of chromosomes
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meiosis
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reproduction of sex cells, where one parent cell divides into 2 daughter cells
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cilia
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tiny hair like structures
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pseudopod
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false foot
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cell membrane
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outer covering that allows materials to go in and out of a cell
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mitosis
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cell division, asexual reporduction
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cell wall
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outer covering of a plant cell
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protist
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kingdom that has organisms that are 1 celled
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protozoan
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one celled organism that lives in the ocean
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flagella
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tail used for movement
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unicellular
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one celled
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fungi
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kingdom that contains mushrooms, molds, yeast, eats decaying material
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animals
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kingdom that has organisms that catch & eat food
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bacteria
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kingdom of one celled organisms WITHOUT A NUCLEUS
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plants
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kingdom or organisms that make their own food
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algae
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one celled plants that live in the ocean
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eukaryotic
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any cell with a nucleus
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cell
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smallest unit of life
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triple beam balance
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tool used to find the mass of something
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microscope
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tool used to magnify things
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homeostasis
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to maintain a constant internal temperature
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experiment
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procedure with a Q to test a hypothesis
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scientific method
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series of steps to solve a problem
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hypothesis
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educated guess based on knowledge
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control
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part of the experiment that stays the same
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variable
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part of the experiment that is changed
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organism
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any living thing
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