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7.7B, 7.13AB, 7.14ABC FORCES & MOTION IN PLANTS, HOMEOSTASIS IN ORGANISMS, HERED

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STIMULUS   Action or condition that provokes a response.  
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RESPONSE   Change in a system resulting from a stimulus.  
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HOMEOSTASIS   Tendency of an organism or cell to maintain a balanced state so as to maintain health and function.  
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PATHOGEN   Microorganism or virus that can cause disease.  
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FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT   Short-term physiological changes in response to stress that prepare the body for intense activity to avoid harm.  
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INTERNAL STIMULUS   A change from within an organism, such as hunger and thirst, that causes the organism to respond.  
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EXTERNAL STIMULUS   Anything outside the body of the organism that can cause a response in an organism.  
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HEREDITY   Transfer of genetic information from parent to offspring.  
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DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA)   Contains information that forms the hereditary material of all cells.  
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CHROMOSOME   Single, highly organized and structured piece of DNA.  
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GENES   Basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA.  
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GENOTYPE   Exact genetic information carried by a single individual.  
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PHENOTYPE   Physical appearance of an organism.  
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DOMINANT   Allele that is always expressed.  
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RECESSIVE   Allele that is only expressed if there is no different allele present.  
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TRAIT   Characteristic of an organism; can be genetic or acquired.  
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ALLELE   Different versions of a gene.  
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HOMOZYGOUS   Having two identical alleles for a particular trait.  
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HETEROZYGOUS   Having 2 different alleles for a particular trait.  
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NUCLEUS   Membrane-bound structure in eukaryotic cells that contains the DNA.  
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GENETICS   The scientific study of heredity.  
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ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION   Reproductive process that involves 1 parent & produces uniform offspring identical to the parent.  
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SEXUAL REPRODUCTION   Reproductive process involving 2 parents whose genetic material is combined to produce a new diverse organism different from themselves.  
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BINARY FISSION   Type of asexual reproduction in which 1 cell divides to form 2 identical cells, such as occurs in prokaryotic cells.  
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BUDDING   Type of asexual reproduction in which an offspring grows out of the parent organism.  
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VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION   Type of asexual reproduction by which 1 plant produces new plants that are genetically identical to the parent plant.  
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OFFSPRING   Product of reproduction, a new organism produced by one or more parents.  
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UNIFORM   The same all the way through; consistent.  
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DIVERSE   Different; varied.  
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REPRODUCTION   The production of offspring.  
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FORCE   Push or pull that can change the motion of an object.  
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MOTION   Change in an object's position with respect to time & in comparison to the position of other objects used as reference points.  
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GERMINATION   Process by which a plant grows from a seed, a.k.a. seedling emergence.  
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VACUOLE   Organelle in cell cytoplasm; functions to store water, nutrients, & wastes; 1 large central unit in plant cells, several small units in animal cells.  
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TURGOR PRESSURE   Force of water molecules against the cell wall that allows plants to stand up straight; "turg = swollen."  
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TROPISM   Turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus, e.g. gravity, light, water, touch, heat, etc.  
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PHOTOTROPISM   Orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light, either toward or away from the source of light; "photo = light."  
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HYDROTROPISM   Growth or turning of plant roots toward or away from moisture; "hydro = water."  
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GEOTROPISM/ GRAVITROPISM   Plant’s growth in response to the force exerted upon it by gravity; "geo = earth" & "gravi = gravity."  
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WILT   Become limp or droopy due to heat, loss of water, or disease.  
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TURGID   State of plant cells when their vacuoles are filled with water, causing the plant leaves to stand upright; "turg = swollen."  
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STOMATA   Small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water can move.  
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PHLOEM   The vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants.  
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XYLEM   The vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to every part of a plant.  
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EMERGENCE   Process of coming into view or becoming exposed after being concealed.  
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THIGMOTROPISM   A growth response to touch.  
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FLACCID   Limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness.  
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PHOTO = Light; GEO = Earth; GRAVI = Heavy; HYDRO = Water; THIGMO = Touch   Prefixes for types of tropisms.  
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