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15 Cards in this Set
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The process of changing the genetic material of organisms.
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Genetic Engineering
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An organ that makes and secretes releases chemicals called hormones
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Gland
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The trapping of heat in earths atmosphere by carbon dioxide can lead to global warming
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Greenhouse effect
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the increase in size of an organism
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growth
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the particular environment in which an organism lives
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habitat
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an organ made mostly of muscle that contrats regularly to pump blood throughout the body
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heart
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the energy of motion of the vibration particles that make up matter
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heat energy
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a plant eating animal
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herbivore
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to enter a sleep like state of reduced body activity: how some animals survive the winter.
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hibernate
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a sleeplike state reduced body activity that some animals enter to survive the winter
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hibernation
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a large area where air is sinking causeing high surface air pressure<: also called a high
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high pressure system
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a chemical messenger secreted by a gland into the bloodstream which carries the hormone to an organ that respeonds in some way
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hormone
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the amount of moisture present in the atmosphere
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humidity
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a huge rotatiiing storm that forms over the ocean in the topics with stroing winds and heavy rain
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hurricane
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electricity produced by using the energy of flowing water to turn the turbines of a generator
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hydroelectirc energy
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