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The movement of materials through a cell membrane using energy
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A small molecule that is linked chemically to other amino acids to form proteins
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an organism that makes its own food
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an energy-rich organic compound made of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
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the regulary sequence of growth and division that cells undergo
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a green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants,m algae, and some bacteria
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a doubled rod of condensed chromatin
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Two or more elements that are chemically combined
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The final stage of the cell cycle, in which the cell's cytoplasm divides, distributing the organelles into each of the two new cells
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the process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
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the process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
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deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring
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any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances
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any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances
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a protein that speeds up chemical reactions in a living thing
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the process by which cells break down molecules to release energy without using oxygen
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an organism that cannot make its own food
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the stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs
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the stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs
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energy-rich organic compound, such as a fat, oil, or wax, that is made of carbon, gydrogen and oxygen
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the stage of the cell cycle during which the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei and one copy of the DNA is distributed into each daugther cell
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very large organic mole cule made of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus, that contains the instructions cells need to carry out all of the functions of life
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the diffusion of water moleculedes through a selctively permeable membrane
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the movement of materials through a cell membrane without using the cell's energy
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the process in which some organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their own food
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a colored chemical that absorbs light
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large organic molecule made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur
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the process by which a cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus
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the process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain
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ribonucleic acid; a nucleic acid that plays an important role in the production of proteins
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the property of cell membranes that allows some substances to pass through, while others cannot
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small openings on a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move
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