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11 Cards in this Set
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absorption
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The transport of dissolved substances into cells
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Activation energy
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Energy necessary to get a chemical reaction going
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Active transport
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Movement of molecules through the plasma membrane (typically opposite the dictates of osmosis or diffusion) aided by a chemical process
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Anticondon
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A three-nucleoctide sequence on tRNA
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Cell wall
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A rigid substance on the outside of certain cells, usually plant and bacteria cells
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Central vacuole
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A large vacuole that rests at the center of most plant cells and is filled with a solution which contains a high concentration of solutes
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Chromatin
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Clusters of DNA and proteins in the nucleus
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Chromoplasts (kroh' muh plasts)
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Organelles that contain pigments used in photosynthesis
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Codon
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A sequence of three nucleotides on mRNA that refer to a specific type of amino acid (196)
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Cytology (sigh tahl' uhjee)
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The study of cells (169)
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Cytoplasm (sy' tub plaz uhm)
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The rupturing of a cell due to excess internal pressure (185)
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