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15 Cards in this Set
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Photosynthesis |
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods and carbon dioxide and water |
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Cellular Respiration |
What cells do to break up super into a form that cells can use as energy |
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Fermentation |
The chemical breakdown of substance by bacteria |
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Diffusion
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The spreading of something more widely
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Osmosis
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The diffusion of water through cell membranes is so important to life process and it has been given this special name
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Active Transport
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The process of transporting particles that requires the cell to use energy
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Passive Transport
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The process of transporting particles that requires the cell not to use energy
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Endocytosis
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The active-transport process by which a cell surrounds a large particle and encloses the particle in a vesicle to bring the particle into the cell
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Exocytosis
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When large particles leave the cell, the cell uses an active transport
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Cell Cycle
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The life cycle of a cell |
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Chromosomes
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The DNA of a cell is organized into structures |
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Homologues Chromosomes |
Chromosomes of the same size and structure
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Mitosis
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The complicated process by which chromosomes condense and separate
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Cytokinesis
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The division of cytoplasm |
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