Apologia Biology 2Nd Ed., Module 1

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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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Abiogenesis

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The theory that, long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through random chemical reactions

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Asexual reproduction

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Reproduction accomplished by a single organism

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Autotrophs

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Organisms that are able to make their own food

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Binomial nomenclature

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Naming an organism with its genus and species name

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Catabolism

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processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks

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Carnivores

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Organisms that eat only organisms other than plants

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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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Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms

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Eukaryotic cell

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A cell with distinct, membrane-bound organelles

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Herbivores

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Organisms that eat plants exclusively

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Heterotrophs

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Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food

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Hypothesis

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An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question

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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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Metabolism

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The process by which a living organism takes energy from its surroundings and uses it to sustain itself, develop, and grow

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Microorganisms

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Living creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye

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Mutation

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An abrupt and marked difference between offspring and parent

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Omnivores

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Organisms that eat both plants and other organisms

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Photosynthesis

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The process by which a plant uses the energy of sunlight and certain chemicals to produce its own food. Oxygen is often a by-product of photosynthesis

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Producers

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Organisms that produce their own food

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Prokaryotic cell

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A cell that has no distinct, membrane-bound organelles

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Scientific law

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A theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data

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Sexual reproduction

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Reproduction that requires two organisms, a male and a female

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Receptors

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Special structures or chemicals that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their surroundings

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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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Theory

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A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data