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15 Cards in this Set
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Autotroph
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any organism capable of self-nourishment
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Heterotroph
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an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food
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mRNA
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Messenger RNA - carries the genetic code specifying the amino acid sequence for making proteins
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tRNA
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Transfer RNA - carries amino acids to the ribosome
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rRNA
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Ribosomal RNA - makes up the majority of ribosomes
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Hypotonic
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a solution that contains more solvent than solute
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Hypertonic
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a solution that contains more solute than solvent
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Independent Variable
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the variable that is not affected by any other variables with which it is compared
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Solute
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what gets dissolved in the solvent of a solution
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Solvent
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what dissolves the solute in a solution
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Osmosis
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water passing through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher in order to equalize the concentration on both sides of the membrane
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Prokaryote
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any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils
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Eukaryote
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any organism that contains a cell type with specialized organelles in the cytoplasm, a membrane-bound nucleus enclosing genetic material organized into chromosomes, and an elaborate system of division by mitosis
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DNA Replication
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the process of replicating DNA
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Transcription
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the process of replicating RNA
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