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Bio101 Vocab Terms
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
09/09/2008

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Biology
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The scientific study of life.

 

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Homeostasis
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The steadystate of physiological condition of the body
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Eukaryote

Definition
Having a nucleus (protists, plants, fungi, and animals)
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Prokaryote
Definition

Having NO nucleus. (Pro/NO)

Examples: bacteria and archaea

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Heterotroph
Definition
An organism that obtains food by eating other organisms
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Autotroph

Definition
an organism that obtains energy from the sun or from the oxidation of inorganic substances to make organic molecules from inorganic ones.
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Kingdom

Definition
A taxonomic category, the 2nd broadest after Domain
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Biosphere

Definition
The entire portion of the earth inhabited by life.
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Adaptation

Definition
inherited characteristic of an organism that enhances its survival and reproduction in a specific environment
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Natural Selection

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A process in which organisms with certain characteristics are more likely to survive and reproduce, than ones with different characteristics.
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