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| a long whip-like thread that some protists use for movement |
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| "false foot" - shape shifting structures used by some protists for movement |
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| theadlike tubes that make up the body of fungi |
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| a mutualistic relationship between a fungus and algae. - can grow on bare rocks (pioneer species) |
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| a material found in cell walls that make the cell strong and ridgid |
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| "naked seed" plants that produce seeds in cones - evergreens are usually this type |
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| "covered seed" plants that produce flowers - currently the most common plant group on Earth |
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| anchor the plant to the ground, absorb water & store food |
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| support the plant, move materials between roots and leaves & store food |
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| fuel for cells / made during photosynthesis |
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| cells without a nucleus and other organelles (bacteria) |
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| cells with a nucleus and other organelles |
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| reproduction involving one parent / offspring are genetically identical to parent |
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| reproduction involving two parents / offspring are a mix of parents' genes |
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| a small piece of DNA that controls the traits of an organism - found on chromosomes which are on the nucleus |
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| a mistake in the DNA sequence |
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| the male reproductive cells (haploid) |
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| the female reproductive cells (haploid) |
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| this gene will be the one revealed if two different versions of the gene are present / it is symbolized with a capital letter in a Punnett Square |
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| this gene will only be revealed if a dominant gene is not present / it is symbolized with a lower case letter in a Punnett square |
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| remains of life from an earlier time |
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| the change of inherited features in an organisms over time |
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| also know as "survival of the fittest" / the idea that organisms best suited for survival will pass on desireable traits while those not suited for survival will die before reproducing |
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| drugs used to treat bacterial infections |
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| a processes used by the food industry that heats food enough to kill bacteria |
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| an organism that causes disease |
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| organism that help recycle nutrients back into the environment |
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| a piece of genetic material (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a protein coat - they are smaller than cells |
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| attach, invade, copy, release |
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| Plant-like, animal-like & fungus-like |
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| another name for plant-like protists - they contain chlorophyll |
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| short threadlike structures that extend from the cell memebrane of some cells. Often found in animal-like protists. |
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| light energy is transformed into chemical energy (sugar) |
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| the beginning energy source for most life on Earth |
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| make their own food - remove CO2 from atmosphere |
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| cannot make their own food - add CO2 to the atmosphere |
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| sudden increase in algae population - can be caused by nitrogen fertilizer |
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| cold blooded vertebrates that breathe with gills and are covered in scales |
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| fish, amphibians, reptiles |
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| warm blooded vertebrates that have fur/hair and feed young with milk |
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| cold blooded vertebrates that are aquatic during part of their life and terrestrial during another - some breathe through their skin |
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| X shaped structures formed by long strands of DNA - they are found in the nucleus - a section of it is called a gene |
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| a group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves |
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| harmful chemicals produced by pathogens |
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| organisms that decay and recycle organic material by eating dead things |
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| a solution made of dead viruses that prevent viral diseases |
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| simple single celled organisms that can be found almost everywhere on Earth |
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| when two organisms interact and they both benefit |
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| a waxy coating on leaves that keeps them from drying out |
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| a green pigment that helps plants absorb sunlight during photosyhthesis |
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| methods that plants use to spread their seeds (ex. burrs stick to animal fur) |
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| when pollen from a male flower part is transferred to the female flower part (often by insects or wind) |
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| a series of events when a seed grows into a plant |
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| tiny grains found on flowers that contain the sperm cells |
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| animals without backbones - they make up 97% of all animals |
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| the hard outer covering of arthropods |
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| when arthropods shed their exoskeletons |
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| cold blooded vertebrates that lay eggs, breathe with lungs and have dry scales. |
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| warm blooded vertebrates that have feathers, hollow bones and lay eggs with hard shells |
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| the three body parts of an insect |
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| the stages of incomplete metamorphosis |
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| the stages of complete metamorphosis |
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| the type of skeleton that is located on the inside of an organism |
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| a type of asexual reproduction when the offspring grows off the parent's side |
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| the reproductive structures of fungi |
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| a many celled type of brown algae |
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| a tool used to predict an outcome of a genetic cross |
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| the female reproductive part of a flower - it becomes the fruit and seeds after pollination/fertilization |
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| a term to describe all of the fossils discovered and the information gained from them as a whole - it suggests that 99% of species that have ever lived are now extinct. |
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