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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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Asexual Reproduction
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Reproduction accomplished by one organism
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Autotrophs
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Organisms that are able to make their own food
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Binomial Nomenclature
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Naming a organism with it's genus and species name
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Carnivores
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Organisms that only eat meat.
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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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Eukaryotic Cell
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A cells with distinct, membrane-bound organelles
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Herbivores
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Organisms that only eat plants
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Heterotrophs
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Organisms that depend on other organisms for food
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Hypothesis
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An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer to a questions
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Inheritance
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The process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted form the parent(s) to the offspring
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Metabolism
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The process by which a living organism takes energy from it's surroundings uses it to sustain itself, develop, and grow
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Microorganisms
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Living creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye
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Mutation
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An abrupt and marked difference between a parent and an offspring
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Omnivores
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Organisms that eat both meat and plants
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Photosynthesis
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The process in which a plant uses the energy of sunlight and certain chemicals to produce it's own food / Oxygen is often a by-product of photosynthesis
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Producers
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Organisms That produce their own food
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Prokarytic Cells
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A cell that has no distinct, membrane-
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Receptors
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Special structures or chemicals that allow living organisms to to sense the conditions of their surroundings
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Scientific Law
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A theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data
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Sexual Reproduction
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Reproduction that requires two organisms: a male and female
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Species
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A unit of one or more population of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from other such units
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Taxonomy
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The science of classifying organisms
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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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