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16 Cards in this Set
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Working Distance
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Distance between front lens of objective & coverslip when lens is focused on specimen
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Genus
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1st name of scientific name,
taxon between family and species |
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Depth of Field
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Depth of the specimen clearly in focus
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Polymer
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a molecule consisting of a sequence of similar molecules or monomers
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Eurkaryote
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A cell having DNA inside a distinct membrane enclosed nucleus
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Flagella
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thing appendage from the surface of a cell,
used for cellular locomotion |
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Prokaryote
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primitive cell w/ no nucleus, belongs to kingdom monera
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NAG
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N- Acetylglucosamine
Disaccharide portion of bacterial wall |
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NAM
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N-Acytelmuramic Acid
Disaccharide portion of bacterial wall |
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Fluid Mosaic
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Way to describe the dynamic arrangement of phospholipids & proteins comprising cell membrane
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Alpha Helix
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Most Common type of secondary structure of amino acid chain in proteins, resembles the coils of a telephone cord
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Beta pleated sheet
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Secondary structure due to hydrogen bonds in polypeptide strands
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Antagonism
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An association between free-living species that arises when members of a community compete
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Synergism
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an interrelationship between two or more free living organisms that benefit them but aren't necessary for survival
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Satellitism
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One member provides nutritional or protective factors needed by the other
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Symbiosis
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Two organisms living together in a close partnership
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