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18 Cards in this Set
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adaptation
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an organism develops traits that are suitable to its environment
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biology
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the study of life
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cellular respiration
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the process by which energy in glucose and other sugars is converted to a usable form of energy
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chlorophyll
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a green substance in producers that traps light from the sun
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community
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an assortment of life forms within a given place where all the organisms interact and depend upon one another in various ways
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consumers
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organisms that cannot make their own food
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decomposers
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consumers that feed on the dead remains and waste products of living organisms
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development
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the series of changes an organism undergoes in reaching its final, adult form
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energy
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the ability to do work
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evolution
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change in organisms over time
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food chain
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the passage of food and the energy it contains from producers through a series of consumers
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growth
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an increase in the amount of living material in an organism
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homeostasis
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the steady state of internal operation of an organism regardless of external changes
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organism
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anything capable of carrying on life processes
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organization
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all parts come together and interact with one another to create a single, orderly living system
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photosynthesis
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the process by which carbon dioxide and water are combined to produce simple sugars and oxygen
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producers
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members of a community that make food
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reproduction
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the production of offspring
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