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35 Cards in this Set
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Compsed of all populations within an area
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Community
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Composed of all members of the same species wihin a defined area
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Population
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Composed of similar organisms which are capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring
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Species
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The entire living space on earth
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Biosphere
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Composed of all the living and non living things within a defined area
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Ecosystem
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Composed of similar ecosystems
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Biome
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Non living parts of an ecosystem
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Abiotic
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Organism capable of obtaining energy from sunlight or inorganic molecules
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Autotroph
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Organism which must obtain their energy from organic molecules produced by other organisms
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Heterotroph
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Consumers that feed on non living organic materials
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Decomposers
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Capacity to do work
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Energy
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Stored energy
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Potential energy
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Energy of motion
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kinetic energy
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energy is neither created nor destroyed but can be transformed from one form to another and transferred from one place to another
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1st law of thermodynamics
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Energy transformation/transferrence is never 100% some is lost as heat
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2nd law of thermodynamics
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6CO2+6H2O+SUNLIGHT->C6H12O6+6O2
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Chem equation for photosynthesis
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Location of photosynthetic pigments
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Granum
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Location of the light reaction
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Thylakoid disk
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Location of dark reaction
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Stroma
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ADP+P+LIGHT ENERGY-> ATP
H2O+NADP+LIGHT ENERGY-> NADPH+O2 |
Light dependent reactions
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6CO2+ATP+NADPH->C6H12O6+ADP+P+NADP
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Light independent reaction
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C6H12O6+ 6O2+32ADP+32P->6CO2+6H2O+32ATP
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Chem equation for cellular respiration
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Where in the cell does glycolysis occur
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Cytoplasm
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In which organelle does cellular respiration take place
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Mitochondria
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Where does the kreb cycle take place
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Matrix
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Where does the ETC take place
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Cristae
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Display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by shape and size
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Karyotype
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Chromosome not directly involved in determining the sex of an organism
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Autosome
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Division of a single nucleus into 2 genetically identical daughter nuclei
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Mitosis
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Division of cytoplasm to form 2 seperate daughter cells
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Cytokinesis
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chromosomes that carry the same genetic info
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Homologous chromosomes
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Random arrangement of chromosomes in metaphase 1
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Independent assortment
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Exchange of genetic material b/w homologous chromosomes
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Crossing over
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Scientific study of heredity
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Genetics
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Transmission of traits from one generation to another
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Heredity
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