Exploring Creation With Biology

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metabolism

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The process by which a living organism takes energy from its surroundings and uses it to sustain itself, develop, and grow.

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photosynthesis

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The process by which a plant uses the energy of sunlight and certain chemicals to produce its own food and often oxygen.

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herbivores

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organisms that eat plants exclusively

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carnivores

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organisms that eat only organisms other than plants

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omnivores

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organisms that eat both plants and other organisms

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producers

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organisms that produce their own food

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consumers

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organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food

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decomposers

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organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms

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autotrophs

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organisms that are able to make their own food

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heterotrophs

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organisms that depend on others organisms for their food

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receptors

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special structures or chemicals that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their surroundings.

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asexual repoduction

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reproduction accomplished by a single organism.

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sexual reproduction

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reproduction that requires tow organisms, a male and female

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inheritance

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the process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent or parents to the offspring

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mutation

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an abrupt and marked difference between offspring and parent

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hypothesis

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an educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question

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theory

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a hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data.

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scientific law

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a theory that has been tested and is consistent with generations of data

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microorganism

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living organisms that are too small to see with the naked eye

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abiogenesis

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the theory that, long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through random chemical reactions.

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prokaryotic cell

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a cell that has no distinct, membrane-bound organelles

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eukaryotic cell

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a cell with distinct, membrane bound organelles

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species

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a unit of one or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from other such units

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binomial nomenclature

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naming an organism with its genus and species name

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taxonomy

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the science of classifying organisms.

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autotroph

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an organism that is able to make its own food

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Anabolism:

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The sum total of all processes in an organism which use energy and dimple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life.

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Catabolism:

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The sum total of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks.

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Spontaneous Generation

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: The idea that organism could spawn spontaneously from organic material.