Glossary Chapter 1 Bio

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Organisms

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Groups of like living things

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Cell

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The basic unit of life

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ATom

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Smallest unit of an element comprised of protons neutrons and electrons non-living and living

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Molecular are

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Union of two are more atoms of the same or different elements nonliving

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Cell

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Structural and functional unit of all living things

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Cell

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Structural and functional unit of all living things

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Tissue

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Group of cells with common structure and function

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Cell

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Structural and functional unit of all living things

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Tissue

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Group of cells with common structure and function

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Organ

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Tissues functioning together to form a specific task

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Cell

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Structural and functional unit of all living things

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Tissue

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Group of cells with common structure and function

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Organ

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Tissues functioning together to form a specific task

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Organ system

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Several organs working together

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Cell

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Structural and functional unit of all living things

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Tissue

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Group of cells with common structure and function

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Organ

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Tissues functioning together to form a specific task

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Organ system

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Several organs working together

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Organism

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An individual complex individual's contain organ systems

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Population

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Organisms of the same species in a particular area

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Community

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Interacting populations in a particular area

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Ecosystem

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Community plus the physical non-living environment

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Biosphere

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Regions of the earths crust water and atmosphere in habited by living things

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Biosphere

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Regions of the earths crust water and atmosphere in habited by living things

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Energy

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The capacity to do work

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Biosphere

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Regions of the earths crust water and atmosphere in habited by living things

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Energy

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The capacity to do work

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Metabolism

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All the chemical reactions that occur in a given cell

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Photosynthesis

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Process where sunlight energy is converted to chemical energy

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Photosynthesis

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Process where sunlight energy is converted to chemical energy

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Homeostasis

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Where temperature moisture level acidity and other psychological factors must remain in the tolerance level of the organism

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Reproduce

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Make other organisms like it self

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Gene

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Contain specific information for how the organism is ordered

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Gene

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Contain specific information for how the organism is ordered

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Adoptations

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Modifications that make organisms beds are able to function in a particular environment

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Gene

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Contain specific information for how the organism is ordered

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Adoptations

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Modifications that make organisms beds are able to function in a particular environment

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Taxonomy

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The discipline of identifying and grouping organisms according to a certain rules

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Gene

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Contain specific information for how the organism is ordered

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Adoptations

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Modifications that make organisms beds are able to function in a particular environment

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Taxonomy

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The discipline of identifying and grouping organisms according to a certain rules

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Prokaryotes

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Structural simple but metabolically complex organisms

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Gene

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Contain specific information for how the organism is ordered

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Adoptations

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Modifications that make organisms beds are able to function in a particular environment

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Taxonomy

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The discipline of identifying and grouping organisms according to a certain rules

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Prokaryotes

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Structural simple but metabolically complex organisms

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Eukaryotes

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Structurally complex and metabolically complex organisms