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Chapter One Vocabulary
Mrs.Links Honors Bio. Chapter One
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Biology
9th Grade
09/09/2010

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Abiogenesis
Definition
The theory that life can come from non-living substances
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Biogenesis
Definition
The theory that life can only come from life.
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Aristotle
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Supporter of Abiogenesis, thought eels come from mud
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Virgil
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Supporter of Abiogenesis, roman poet who thought that insects came from mud
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Van Helmont
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Supporter of Abiogenesis, thought that mice came from wheat and sweat
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John Needham
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Supporter of Abiogenesis, thought that micro organisms spontaneously generated
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Broth
Definition
Meat boiled in water
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Infusion
Definition
Plants boiled in water
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Francesco Redi
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Supporter of Biogenesis, controlled experiment that showed the relationship between flies landing on food and the presence of maggots
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Jablot & Spalianzani
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Supporter of Biogenesis, tried to show the effects of boiling time of water, never succeeded
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Louis Pasteur
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Supporter of Biogenesis, experiments showed that air carries micro-organisms
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Characteristics of Life
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Seven characteristics that something must have all to be considered a living organism
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Unique Chemical Makeup
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One of the seven characteristics of life, must contain cytoplasm
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Constant Energy Supply
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One of the seven characteristics of life, an organism needs a constant supply of energy
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Respiration
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One of the seven characteristics of life, energy release in organisms which keeps an organisms protoplasm organized
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Photosynthesis
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Respiration used by green plants and algae which uses the sun's energy to create food
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Heterotrophs
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Organisms which must find food in their environment
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Irritability
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One of the seven characteristics of life, ability to respond to a stimulus (AKA Response To Stimuli)
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Reproduction
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One of the seven characteristics of life, the ability to produce more of an organism's own kind
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Asexual Reproduction
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when a one-celled organism divides itself into two identical organisms
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Variation
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A multi-cellular organism will look similar to its siblings and parents but will not be identical
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Lifespan
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The length of an organism's life consisting of the origin, growth & development, maturity, decline, and death
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Origin
Definition
Beginning of an organism's life
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Growth & Development
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The time in the life of an organism where it grows but is not mature
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Maturity
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The time in the life of an organism where an organism has finished growing
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Decline
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The time in an organism's life when its body begins to degrade
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Death
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The point in an organism's life when it's protoplasm become come unorganized and it ceases to live
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Growth and Development
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One of the seven characteristics of life, an organism takes-in, break down and uses food to enlarge and divide cells
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Environmental Relationship
Definition
Organisms inherit traits ,they survive, and become adapted
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Adaptions
Definition
Traits that organisms inherit that help them survive in their environment
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Migrate
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Ability to move from a hazardous environment to a safer one
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Metabolism
Definition
All chemical reactions in an organism
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Cells
Definition
Structural, functional, and reproductive units of life
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Unicellular
Definition
One celled organisms
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Multi-cellular
Definition
An organism with two or more cells
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Specialized Cells
Definition
Cells that have developed certain traits that help them do a job
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Interdependence of Cells
Definition
cells in a multi-cellular organism become reliant on each other to survive
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Lifespan
Definition
The length of an organism's life
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