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32 Cards in this Set
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Homeostasis |
The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements
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Stimulus |
a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue |
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Biotic |
resulting from living things especially in their ecological relations. |
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Abiotic |
not derived from living organisms. |
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Predation |
The preying of one animal on others. |
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Mutualism |
symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved |
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Food web |
A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains. |
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Scavenger |
An animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material or refuse. |
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Carbohydrates |
any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose |
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Protein |
organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids |
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Cohesion |
the sticking together of particles of the same substance. |
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adhesion |
the action or process of adhering to a surface or object. |
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Eukaryote |
A eukaryote is any organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other organelles enclosed within membranes. |
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Prokaryote |
a microscopic single-celled organism that has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles. Prokaryotes include the bacteria and cyanobacteria. |
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Lipids |
any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents |
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DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information. |
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Chloroplast |
a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place. |
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Chlorophyll |
a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis. Its molecule contains a magnesium atom held in a porphyrin ring. |
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Photosynthesis |
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. |
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Glucose |
a simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates. |
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ATP |
Adenosine triphosphate is a nucleoside triphosphate used in cells as a coenzyme |
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Cell Respiration |
Cellular respiration is what cells do to break up sugars into a form that the cell can use as energy. |
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Fermentation |
the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat. |
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Genotype |
the genetic constitution of an individual organism. |
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Phenotype |
the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. |
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Heterozygous |
pair of genes where one is dominant and one is recessive and they're different |
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Homozygous |
you've got a pair of matching alleles, which are the two genes that control a particular trait |
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Dominant |
a dominant thing, in particular. |
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Recessive |
relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents, i.e., when not masked by a dominant characteristic inherited from one parent. |
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Punnett Square |
The Punnett square is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment |
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Codominance |
Codominance is a relationship between two versions of a gene |
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Lactic acid |
a colorless syrupy organic acid formed in sour milk and produced in the muscle tissues during strenuous exercise. |
