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19 Cards in this Set
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Cells Needed Organelles |
1. DNA 2. Ribosome 3. Cytoplasm 4.Cell Membrane |
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Climate |
How the atmosphere "behaves" over a long period of time |
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Weather |
short term conditions over a short period of time |
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Coevolution |
When two organisms adapt simultaneously, or in response to each other |
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Evolution |
The change in a population |
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Adaptation |
the process of getting used to an environment |
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Food Chain |
a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food. |
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Food Web |
a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains. |
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Ecosystem |
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
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Trophic Levels |
the "levels" of "power" in an ecosystem that are occupied by different organisms. Producer, Consumer, secondary Consumer, Tertiary Consumer. |
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Autotroph |
An organism that produces it's own food/energy |
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Heterotroph |
An organism that must consume to gain food/energy |
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Six Characteristics of Life |
1. Homeostasis 2. Growth and Development 3. Reproduction 4. Organization 5. Response to Stimulus 6. Use of Energy |
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DNA |
The programming for any organism, the list of commands that make the organism exist |
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Nucleus |
The command center of the cell, protects and stores the DNA |
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Cell Membrane |
Protects the cell, gives shape and form |
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Trophic Cascade |
When there is a large change in an ecosystem, and that change causes a wave (or cascade) that most organisms in the ecosystem |
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Mitochondria |
releases energy |
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Owen Fletcher |
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