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| the process by which plants and some other organisms capture the energy in sunlight and use it to make food |
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| an organism that makes its own food |
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| an organism that cannot make its own food |
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| a colored chemical compound that absorbs light |
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| a green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria |
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| small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move |
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| the process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain |
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| the process by which cells break down molecules to release energy without using oxygen |
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| the regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo |
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| the stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs |
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| the process by which a cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus |
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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 daughter cell |
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| a doubled rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information |
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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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| a disease in which some body cells grow and divide uncontrollably, damaging the parts of the body around them |
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| a change in a gene or chromosome |
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| a mass of abnormal cells that develops when cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably |
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| the use of drugs to treat diseases such as cancer |
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