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17 Cards in this Set
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mitosis
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stage when cell splits
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cytokinesis
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stage when cell becomes two new cells
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respiration
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glucose + oxygen = water, energy, and carbon dioxide
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photosynthesis
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carbon dioxide + water (yields/sunlight) glucose & oxygen
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cancer
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when cells grow and divide uncontrollably
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fermentation
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energy is released without using oxygen
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chemotherapy
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use of drugs to kill cancer cells
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tumor
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mass of abnormal cells
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radiation therapy
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uses radiation to kill rapidly dividing cancer cells
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DNA
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-deoxyribonucleic acid
-double helix -side chains=sugar&phosphate -four base pairs, A/T & G/C (Avoid Touching Gary's Cat) |
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RNA
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-ribonucleic acid
-single helix -creates proteins -A/U & G/C (Always Use Good Celery) |
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mutation
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a change in the DNA
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autotroph
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an organism that makes its own food
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heterotroph
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an organism that can not make its own food
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centromere
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the structure that holds together the chromatids
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chromatid
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an identical rod or strand of a chromosome
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base pairs
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thymine, guanine, cytosine, adenine
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