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21 Cards in this Set
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the process by which cells break down molecules to release energy w/ out using oxygen
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fermentation
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the process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain
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respiration
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an organism that can't make its own food
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heterotroph
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a green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants,algae,and some bacteria
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chlorophyll
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the final stage of the cell cycle in which the cells cytoplasm divides, distributing the organelles into each of the new cells
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cytokinesis
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a mass of abnormal cells that develops when cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably
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tumor
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the process by which a cell makes a copy of DNA in the nucleus
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replication
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synthesis is
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to put together
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photo means
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light
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the stage of the cell cycle during which the cells nucleus divides into 2 new nuclei and one copy of DNA is distributed into each daughter cell
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mitosis
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a colored chemical compound thats absorbs light
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pigment
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a disease in which some body cells grow and divide uncontrollably,damaging the parts of the body around them
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cancer
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a change in a gene or chromosome
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mutation
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the regular sequence of growth and division a cell undergoes
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cell cycle
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the use of drugs to kill cancer cells
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chemotherapy
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an organism that can't makes it own food
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autotroph
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one of the identical rods of chromosome
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chromotid
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the stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs;during this stage,the cell grows copies of its DNA,and prepares to divide
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interphase
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process by which plants and some organisms capture the energy in sunlight and use it to make food
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photosynthesis
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small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon can move
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stomata
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a double rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information
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chromosome
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