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17 Cards in this Set
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A membrane-covered structure that contains all of the materials necessary for life
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Cell
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A change in an organisms environment that affects the activity of the organism
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Stimulus
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The maintenance of a stable internal environment
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Homeostasis
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A single parents reproduces offspring identical to the parent
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Asexual Reproduction
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Two parents reproduce offspring that share characteristics of both parents
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Sexual Reproduction
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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DNA
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The transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next
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Heredity
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The total amount of all of the chemical activities an organism performs
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Metabolism
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Organisms that can make their own food.
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Producers
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Organisms that must eat other organisms to get food.
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Consumers
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Organisms that get their food by breaking down the nutrients in dead organisms animal wastes
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Decomposers
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Large molecules that are made up of subunits called amino acids
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Proteins
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Group of compounds made of sugars
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Carbohydrates
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Compounds that cannot mix with water
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Lipids
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Molecules that form much of the cell membrane
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Phospholipids
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Compounds made up of subunits called Nucleotides
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Nucleic Acids
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The major fuel used for all cell activities that require energy
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ATP Adenosine Triphosphate
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