Biology Vocabulary Words
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| Biology | show 🗑
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| Cells | show 🗑
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| Evolution | show 🗑
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| show | Process by which organisms make more of their own kind from one generation to the next.
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| show | The sum of all chemical reactions carried out in an organism.
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| show | The maintenance of a stable internal environment.
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| Gene | show 🗑
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| show | The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
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| show | A change in the DNA of a gene.
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| show | A group of genetically similar organisms that can produce fertile offspring.
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| show | Process in which organisms with favorable genes are more likely to survive to reproduce.
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| show | The branch of biology that studies the interactions of ogranisms with one another and with nonliving part of their environment.
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| show | The complete genetic material contained in an individual.
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| show | A virus that attacks and destroys the human immune system.
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| Cancer | show 🗑
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| Cystic Fibrosis | show 🗑
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| Gene Therapy | show 🗑
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| Observation | show 🗑
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| Hypothesis | show 🗑
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| Prediction | show 🗑
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| show | A relative measure of the hydrogen ion concentration within a solution.
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| show | The smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element.
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| Element | show 🗑
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| Compound | show 🗑
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| show | The smallest unit of a substance that keeps all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance; it can consist of one atom or two or more atoms bonded together.
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| Ion | show 🗑
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| Cohesion | show 🗑
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| Adhesion | show 🗑
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| Solution | show 🗑
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| show | Any compound that increases the number of hydronium ions when dissolved in water; acids turn blue litmus paper red and reacts with bases and some metals to form salts.
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| show | Any compound that increases the number of hydroxide ions when dissolved in water; bases turn red litmus paper blue and react with acids to form salts.
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| Carbohydrate | show 🗑
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| show | A simple sugar that is the basic subunit of a carbohydrate.
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| show | A type of biochemical that does not dissolve in water, including fats and steroids; lipids store energy and make up cell membranes.
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| Protein | show 🗑
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| Amino Acid | show 🗑
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| show | An organix compound, either RNA or DNA, whose molecules are made up of one or two chains of nucleotides and carry genetic information.
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| show | In a nucleic-acid chain, a subunit that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base.
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| DNA | show 🗑
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| RNA | show 🗑
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| show | adenosine triphosphate, is a single nucleotide with two extra energy-storing phosphate groups
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| show | the capacity to do work.
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| Activation Energy | show 🗑
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| show | A type of protein that speeds up metabolic rxns in plants and animals without being permanently changed or destroyed.
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| Substrate | show 🗑
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| Active Site | show 🗑
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| show | A microscope that uses a beam of visible light passing through one or more lenses to magnify an object.
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| show | A microscope that fouses a beam of electrons to magnify objects.
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| Magnification | show 🗑
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| Resolution | show 🗑
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| Scanning Tunneling Microscope | show 🗑
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| Cell Theory | show 🗑
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| show | A phospholipid layer that covers a cell's surface and acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell's environment.
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| show | The region of the cell within the membrane that includes the fluid, the cytoskeleton, and all of the organelles except the nucleus.
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| show | The cytoplasmic network of protein filaments that plays an essential role in cell movement, shape and division.
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| Ribosome | show 🗑
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| Prokaryote | show 🗑
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| Cell Wall | show 🗑
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| Flagellum | show 🗑
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| show | An organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane, multiple chromosones, and a miotic cycle; eukaryotes include animals, plants and fungi but not bacteria or cyanobacteria.
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| show | In a eukaryotic cell, biology, a membrane-bound organelle that contains the cell's DNA and that has a role in processes such as growth, metabolism and reproduction.
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| Organelle | show 🗑
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| show | A hairlike structure arranged in tightly packed rows that projects from the surface of some cells.
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| Phospholipid | show 🗑
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| show | The basic structure of a biological membrane, composed of two layers of phospholipids.
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| Endoplasmic Reticulum | show 🗑
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| Vesicle | show 🗑
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| Golgi Apparatus | show 🗑
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| Lysosome | show 🗑
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| show | In eukaryotic cells, the cell organelle that is surrounded by two membranes and that is the site of cellular respiration, which produces ATP.
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| show | An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs.
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| show | A large cavity or sac that is found in plants or protozoans and that contains air or partially digested food.
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| Passive Transport | show 🗑
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| show | A difference in the concentration of a substance across a distance.
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| show | In chemistry, the state in which a chemical reaction and the reverse chemical reaction occur at the same rate such that the concentrations of reactancts and products do not change.
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| show | The movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density.
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| Osmosis | show 🗑
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| Hypertonic Solution | show 🗑
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| Hypotonic Solution | show 🗑
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| Isotonic Solution | show 🗑
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| show | A pore in a cell membrane through which ions can pass.
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| Carrier Protein | show 🗑
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| show | The transport of substances through a cell membrane along a concentration gradient with the aid of carrier proteins.
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| show | The movement of chemical substances, usually across the cell membrane, against a concentration gradient; requires cells to use energy.
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| show | A carrier protein that uses ATP to actively transport sodium ions out of a cell and potassium ions into the cell.
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| Endocytosis | show 🗑
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| Exocytosis | show 🗑
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| show | A protein that binds specific signal molecules, which causes the cell to respond.
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| show | A molecule that is generated when a specific substance attaches to a receptor on the outside of a cell membrane, which produces a change in cellular function.
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| show | The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen.
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| show | An organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of cosuming other organisms.
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| Heterotroph | show 🗑
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| Cellular Respiration | show 🗑
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| show | A substance that gives another substance or mixture its color.
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| show | A green pigment that is present in most plant cells, that gives plants their characteistic green color, and that reacts with sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to form carbohydrates.
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| show | A class of pigments that are present mostly in plants and that aid in photosynthesis.
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| show | A membrane system found within chloroplasts that contains the components for photosynthesis.
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| Electron Transport Chain | show 🗑
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| NADPH | show 🗑
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| show | The synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide, such as in photosynthesis.
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| Calvin Cycle | show 🗑
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| show | Describes a process that requires oxygen.
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| show | Describes a process that does not require oxygen.
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| show | The anaerobic breakdown of glucose pyruvic acid, which makes a small amount of energy available to cells in the form of ATP.
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| NADH | show 🗑
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| show | A series of biochemical reactions that convert pyruvic acid into carbon dioxide and water; it is the major pathway of oxidation in animal, bacterial and plant cells and it releases energy.
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| FADH2 | show 🗑
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| Fermentation | show 🗑
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