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biotic |
of, relating to, or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.
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abiotic |
the abiotic factors of the enviroment include light,temperature, and atomspheric gases. |
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organism |
an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
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population |
a particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country.
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community |
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
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ecosystem |
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
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heterotroph |
an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances
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cell |
he smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane. Microscopic organisms typically consist of a single cell, which is either eukaryotic or prokaryotic.
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unicellular |
characterized by the formation or presence of a single cell or cells.
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multicellular |
having or consisting of many cells
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prokaryote |
A prokaryote is a single-celled organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus (karyon), mitochondria, or any other membrane-bound organelle. The word prokaryote comes from the Greek πρό (pro) "before" and καρυόν (karyon) "nut or kernel". Prokaryotes can be divided into two domains, Archaea and Bacteria.
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eukaryote |
It is this nucleus that gives the eukaryote its name. Eukaryote means true nucleus. Eukaryotic organisms also have other specialized structures, called organelles, which are small structures within cells that perform dedicated functions.
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