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TAKS Science Voc.
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Science
11th Grade
04/12/2010

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Carnivore
Definition
Eats meat only
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Cilia
Definition
hairs on an organism that helps it to move
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Co-dominance
Definition
Traits of both parents are presented in the child (black rat + white rat = black and white rat)
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Commensalism
Definition
I help you, you do nothing (bird in a tree)
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Competition
Definition
when two species compete against each other.
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Complete Dominance
Definition
One dominant trait, one recessive trait
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Deletion mutation
Definition
when part of a gene or DNA is deleted
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Diffusion
Definition
passage of a material across a membrance
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DNA
Definition
deoxyribonucleic acid
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Eukaryotic
Definition
organism w/ a nucleus
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Evolution
Definition
slow change in the gens of an organism over time.
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Extinction
Definition
when a species ceases to exist.
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Flagellum
Definition
tail
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Gamete
Definition
sex cells (sperm and egg)
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Genotype
Definition
what the genes of an organism say
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Herbivore
Definition
Eats plant only
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Homeostasis
Definition
keeping a cell in equilibrium
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Immunity
Definition
a resistance to a virus or bacteria
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Incomeplete Dominance
Definition
Traits of parents are blended (Black rat + white rat = gray rat)
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Insertion mutation
Definition
when something is inserted into a gene or DNA
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Inversion mutation
Definition
when 2 things switch places in a gene or DNA
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Meiosis
Definition
division of a cell into sex cells (1/2 original genes)
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Mitosis
Definition
division of a cell (same number of original genes)
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Multicellular
Definition
Many cells in an organism
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Mutation
Definition
Change in the genetic code (DNA or genes)
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Mutualism
Definition
I help you, you help me (bacteria in your intestines)
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Nitrogen Bases
Definition
A, G, T, C
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Nucleotides
Definition
A, G, T, C
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Omnivore
Definition
Eats meat and plant
Term
Osmosis
Definition
passage of water across a membrance
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Parasitism
Definition
I help you, you hurt me (tapeworm, mosquito)
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Phenotype
Definition
what an organism looks like
Term
Photosynthesis
Definition
way a plant makes food using sunlight
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Predation
Definition
Predator/prey relationship, I hunt you, you die (Lion and a gazelle)
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Precipitation
Definition
rain, snow, sleet: stuff falling from the sky
Term
Primary
Definition
1st level
Term
Prokaryotic
Definition
organism w/ no nucleus
Term
Replication
Definition
making a copy of DNA
Term
RNA
Definition
ribonucleic acid
Term
Secondary
Definition
2nd level
Term
Sex-linked Dominance
Definition
trait is attached to X or Y chromosomes
Term
Single-celled
Definition
A one celled organism
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Speciation
Definition
when one species separates into other species
Term
Tertiary
Definition
3rd level
Term
Trasncription
Definition
making RNA from DNA
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Traslation
Definition
making proteins from RNA
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Translocation mutation
Definition
when part of a gene or DNA breaks off and switches w/ another part
Term
Virus
Definition
Puts its into a host cell
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