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10 Cards in this Set
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Abiotic factors
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physical or nonliving factor that shapes an ecosystem
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Acid Rain
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rain containing nitric and sulfuric acids
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Alcoholic fermentation
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done by yeast and some kinds of bacteria. these microrganisms convert sugars in ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide
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Amino Acid
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compound with an amino group on one end and a carboxyl group on the other
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Autotrophs
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Organism that can capture energy from sunlight of chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds (producer)
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Biotic factors
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Biological influence on organisms within an ecosystem
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Nuclear Envelope
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layer of two membranes that surrounds the nucleus of a cell
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Chemosynthetic bacteria
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bacteria that use chemosyntesis
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cell membrane
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thin, flexible barrier around a cell
regulates what enters and leaves the cell |
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Cell envelope
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a diversion
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