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18 Cards in this Set
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Biology
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The study of life`
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Organism
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Anything capable of carrying on life processes
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Community
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An assortment of life forms within a given place where all the organisms interact and depend on each other in different ways
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Energy
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The ability to do work
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Producers
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Organisms that make food
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Chlorophyll
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A green substance in producers that traps sunlight
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Consumers
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Organisms that don't make their own food
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Food Chain
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When food is passed from producers to a series of consumers
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Decomposers
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Comsumers that eat waste and dead remains
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Evolution
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Change in organisms over time
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Adaptation
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A physical trait that helps an organism survive in it's environment
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Reproduction
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The production of offspring
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Growth
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An increase in the amount of living material in an organism
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Development
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The series of changes an organism undergoes to reach it's final adult form
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Homeostasis
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The steady state of the internal operation of an organism regarless of external changes
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Organization
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when all organisms come together and interact with each other to create a single orderly living system
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Cellular Respiration
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The process in which organisms convert the energy in glucose and other sugars into usable forms of energy
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Photosynthesis
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Process in which carbon dioxide and water are combined in the presence of sunlight and water to produce simple sugars and give off oxygen
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