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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 simple 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 organisms other than plants
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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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Organisms 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 structures that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their internal or external environment
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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 charateristics are transmitted from the parent (or parents) to the offspring
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mutation
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An abrupt 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 question
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theory
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A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data
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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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microorganisms
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Living creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye
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abiogenesis
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The idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions
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prokaryotic cell
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A cell that has no distinct, membrane-bounded organelles
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eukaryotic cell
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A cell with distinct, 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 reproductvely isolated from other such units
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taxonomy
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The science of classifying organisms
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bionomial nomenclature
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Naming an organism with its genus and species name
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