All about biology Vocab. ( 1 ) Flashcards

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1
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Cell

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Smallest living unit of an organism

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Cytoplasm

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All living things contain living materials

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3
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Cell membrane

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Controls what enters and leaves the cell

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4
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Organelles

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Different parts of a cell

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5
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Prokaryotes

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The smallest cell

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6
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Eukaryote

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The more complex cells

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7
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Unicellular

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Made up of one cell ( living organism )

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8
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Multicellular

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Made up of many specialized cells ( living organism )

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9
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Sexual Reproduction

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The production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of differ type of sexes ( male and female )

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10
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Zygote

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Eggs fertilized by sperm

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11
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Asexual reproduction

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Involves a single organism or cell

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12
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DNA

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Codes for the proteins that make up cells and do all the work

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13
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Growth

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By producing MORE CELLS by CELL ENLARGEMENT

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14
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Develop

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They mature into an adult organism

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15
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Autotrophs

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Makes there own food

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16
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Photo autotroph

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Uses sunlight to make there own food

17
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Chemoautotrophs

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Use chemicals such as iron and sulfur to make there food

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Heterotrophs

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Can’t make there own food

19
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Herbivores

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Plants

20
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Carnivores

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Meat

21
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Omnivores

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Meat and plant

22
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Sunlight

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Is the ultimate life of energy on earth

23
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Respond

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Any behavior of a living organism

24
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Stimuli

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Causes action or responds

25
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Homeostasis

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The cell of organism within the range required