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Metabolism
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the sum total of all processes in an organism which convert energy and matter from outside sources and use that energy and matter to sustain the organism's life functions.
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Anabolism
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the sum total of all processes in an organism which use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life
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Catabolism
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The sum total of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy and chemical building blocks.
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Photosynthesis
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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food.
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Herbivores
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Organisms that eat only plants.
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Carnivores
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Organisms that eat only other organisms.
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Omnivores
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Organisms that eat both plants and other organisms.
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Producers
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Organisms that produce their own food.
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Consumers
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Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food.
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Decomposers
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Organims that break down the dead remains of other organisms.
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Autotrophs
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Organisms that are able to make their own food.
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Heterotrophs
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Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food.
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Receptors
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Special stuctures
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Asexual reproduction
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reproduction accomplished by a single organism.
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Sexual reproduction
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Reproduction that requires two organisms.
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Inheritance
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The process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent (or parents) to the offspring.
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Mutation
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an abrubt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of its parents.
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Hypothesis
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An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a queestion.
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Theory
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A hypothesis that has been tested by and is consistant with a significant amount of data.
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Scientific Law
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A theory that has been tested b and is consistant with generations of data.
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Microorganisms
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Living creatures that are toos small to see with the naked eye.
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Abiogenesis
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The idea that long ago, very life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions.
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Prokaryotic cells
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A cell that has no didtinct, membrane-bounded organelles.
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Eukaryotic cells
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A cell with didtinct, membrane-bounded organelles.
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Species
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a unit of one or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from other such units.
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Taxonomy
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The science of classifying organisms.
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Binomial nomenclature
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Naming an organism with its genus and species name.
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