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18 Cards in this Set
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insertion
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The attatchment point of a tendon to a moving bone
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Anterior
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The front end of a bilatterally symetrical organism
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Photosynthesis
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Process of converting the radient energy of sunlight into chemical eergy of clucose
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Autotroph
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An organism that synthesizes organic moleculees from inorganic substances
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Fermentation
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The breakdown of pyruvic acid WITHOUT the use of oxygen
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Anaerobic Respiration
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The combined process of clycolycis and fermentation which do NOT require oxygen
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Aerobic Respiration
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The brakdown of pyruvic acid WITH the use of oxygen
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ATP
(Adenocine Triphosphate) |
The molecule adenocine with 3 phosphate groups attached
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Turgor pressure
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Water Pressure within a ccell
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Passive Transport
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The movement of any substance across a cell membrane WITHOUT the use of cell energy
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Osmosis
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The diffusion of water
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Isotonic
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Condition when the concentration of solute molecules inside a cell and outside are equal
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HypOtonic
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Condition when the concentration of solute molecules is lower outside than inside a cell
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HypERtonic
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Condition when the concentration of a solute molecules is higher outside than inside a cell
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Excocytosis
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Process by which wastes are qackaged in vessels and leave the cell
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Endocytosis
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Process by which a cell engulfs and surrounds substances
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Diffusion
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The process by which molecules move from one area of greater consentration to and area of lesser consentration
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Biology
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The science of life
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