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adaptation of an animal
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| the special characteristics that enable plants and animals to be sucessful in a particular enviroment are called adaptatons |
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| the type of egg produced by reptiles, birds, and egg-laying mammals in which the embryo develops inside the amnion |
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| the energy currency of life. Is a high energy molecule found in every cell |
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asexual reproduction
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| Is a type of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism and inherit the genes of that parent only |
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| A plant growth substance that promotes plant growth (they use it to promote growth in bananas) |
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genetic variation within a population
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| genetic variation is brought up by different genes with different chemical structure causing the same population to have differences (hair color) |
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| the genetic makeup of an indivual or taxon. the genotype refers to the entire set of genes in a cell |
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vestigial structures
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| a structure in an organism that has lost most of its function (ear) |
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| Are species that produce few offspring but rely on their offspring for survival of their species |
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analogous structures
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| Pertain to the various structures in different species having the same apperence, structure or function but has evolved differently (fly and a bird both have wings) |
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| A source that provides your body with energy and is found in foods such as grains, rice, or potatoes |
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| Are fats or fatty acids that are liquid at room temperature. Are derived from some plants and animals and they contain at least one double bond |
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| A continously growing horizontal underground stem that puts out lateral shoots and adventious roots at intervals |
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genetically modified organism
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| Organisms in which the genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating or recombination |
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| A fat that contains only saturated fatty acids, is a solid at room temperature, and comes cheifly from animal food products |
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| A plant that flowers only after being exposed to light periods longer than a certain critical length, as in summer |
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modified root of a plant
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| Roots that help support the plant. Storage roots, such as carrots are examples of roots that are specially modified for storage of starch and water. They usually grow underground as protection |
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lipid used for energy storage
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| Lipids are used for energy storage, hormones and vitamins they are fatty acids |
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adaptation of a plant
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| adaptations are special features that aloow a plant or animal to live in a particular place or habitat |
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| Are naked seed plants meaning that the seeds are not enclosed in an ovary as they are in angiosperms |
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| an animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat; a warm blooded animal |
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| an organism deriving its nutrutional requirements from complex organic substances |
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| the leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant |
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| a substance deposited in bodily tissues as a store of carbohydrates it is a polysaccharide that forms glucose or hydrolysis |
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| an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as a carbon dioxide |
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| C3 plants are the most common and the most effciant at photosynthesis in cool wet climates. |
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modified leaf of a plant
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| an adaptation of a plant meant for its own survival due to its enviromental stress. when a leaf preforms funtions other than photosynthesis and transpiration, structural changes may occur |
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| the process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time (the falls has evolved over time ) |
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| having a tendency to mix well or dissolve in water |
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