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19 Cards in this Set
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Census |
a usually complete enumeration of a population |
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Nutrition |
the act or process of nourishing or being nourished ,intake and using the food to get energy |
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ecology |
a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environment |
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distinct |
distinguishable to the eye, clear |
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motile |
capable of movement |
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parasite |
an organism living in,with, or on another organism |
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bacteriophage |
aa virus that infects bacteria |
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microbiology |
a branch of biology dealing with microscopic forms of life |
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replica |
clone, a copy exact in all details i.e DNA |
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hierarchy |
in successive levels of complexity, ranking |
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nomenclature |
international system of standardized new Latin names used in biology, the process of naming |
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phylogenetic relationship |
based on natural evolutionary relationship |
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saprotrophic |
organisms that lives un dead organic matter or obtaining nourishment from the products of organic breakdown and decay (eg. fungi) |
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prokaryatic |
absence of distinct nucleus and membrane bound organelles |
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eukaryotic |
presence of distinct nucleus and membrane bound organelles |
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binary fission |
reproduction of a cell by division into two approximately equal parts |
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amoebiases |
infection with or disease caused by amoebas (especially enamels histolytica |
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pathogon |
micro organism causing disease |
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decay |
to undergo decomposition |
