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15 Cards in this Set
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What is the posterior part of an anthropod's body?
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abdomen
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What is the physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem?
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abiotic factor
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What is the layer of cells at the petiole that seals off a leaf from the vaccular system?
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abscission layer
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What is the compound other than chorophyll that absorbs light at different wavelengths?
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accessory pigment
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What is slime mold that passes through a stage in which its cells fuse to form large cells with many nuclei?
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acellular slime mold
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Name the neurotransmitter that diffuses across a synapse and produces an impulse in the cell membrane of a muscle?
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acetylcholine
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What is a compound that forms hydrogen ions (H+) in solution?
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acid
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Name rain containing nitric and sulfuric acids.
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acid rain
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Name an animal lacking a coelom, or body cavity.
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acoelomate
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What is a protein that mainly makes up the thin filaments in striations in skeletal muscle cells?
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actin
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Name the reversal of charges across the cell membrane of a neuron.
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action potential
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What is energy needed to get a reaction started?
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activation energy
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What is immunity produced by a vaccine; so-called because the body had the ability to mount an active immune response against the pathogen?
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active immunity
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What is an energy-requiring process that moves material across a cell membrane against a concentration difference?
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active transport
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What is the inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival?
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adaptation
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