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final chap 1-10, 14, 18
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Biology
10th Grade
05/25/2011

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An organism that must take in food
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heterotroph
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sum of all chemical processes of an organism
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metabolism
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a conclusion make on the basis of facts
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inference
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an organism that makes its own food
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autropht
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pure substance that cannot be broken down
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element
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a pure substance composed of 2 or more elements
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compound
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simplest part of an element
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atom
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a particle composed of one or more atoms
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molecule
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releases free energy
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exergonic reaction
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forms large molecules from smaller ones
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condinsantion reaction
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attractive force between like particles
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cohesion
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attractive force between like particles
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cohesion
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attracive force between unlike particles
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addheison
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monomer of nucleic acids
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nucleotides
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monomer of many polysaccharides
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glucose
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stores DNA and synthesizes RNA
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Nucleous
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Digests molecules, old organelles, and foreign substances
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lysosome
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organizes protein synthesis
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rybosome
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transfer energy into ATP
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midocondrion
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the basic unit of life
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cell
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uptake of large paricles
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phagocytosis
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shrinking of cells
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plasmolisis
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bursting of cells
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cytolsis
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uptake of solutes or fluids
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pinocytosis
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rrelatively high solute concentration
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hypertonic
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adds phospate group to ADP
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ATP synthesise
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Absorbs violet blue, and red light
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chlorophyll
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absorbs blue and green light
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carotenoids
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cluster of pigment molecules
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photosystem
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A series of linked chemical reactions
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Biochemical pathway
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product of acetyl CoA and oxaloacidic acid
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citric acid
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location of glycolysis
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cytosol
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unit of energy
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kilocalorie
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cellular respiration in the presence of oxygen
Definition
aerobic respiration
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first pathway of cellular respiration
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glycolysis
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the period during which DNA is copied
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s phase
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the first phase of interphase
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G1 phase
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The time between cell division
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interphase
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the first phase of mitosis
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prophase
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the production of offspring from one parent
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asexual reproduction
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a segment of DNA that controls a particular trait
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gene
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A cross involving one pari of contrasting traits
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monohybrid cross
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an alternate form of a gene
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allele
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the genetic make up of an individual
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geneotype
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Having two similar, dominant alleles for a trait
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homozygous dominant
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site of translation
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rybosome in cytosol
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substitutes for thymine in RNA
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uricil
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Sugar found in DNA
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Deoxyribose
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spiral shape of DNA
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Double Helix
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Group of three sequential bases of mRNA
Definition
codon
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life arising from other life
Definition
biogenesis
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RNA That Can Act as a catalyst?
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collection of droplets composed of varions organic molecules
Definition
coacervates
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one organism living inside another in a mutually beneficial relationship
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eudosymbiosis
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kingdom including euglena
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prostia
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Kingdom including humans and insects
Definition
animila
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Kingdom including mushrooms and molds
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fungi
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Kingdom including chemosynthetic bacteria
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Archaebacteria
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