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Biology Flashcards

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-derm

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Skin

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Chondro-

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Cartilage

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Macro-

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Large

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-karyote

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Necleus

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Chromo-

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Color

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Meso-

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Middle

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-ology

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Study of…

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Corp-

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Body

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Micro-

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Small

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-philic

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Attraction for…

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Cyto-

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To Cover/Conceal

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Morph-

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Form/Shape

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-phobic

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Fear

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De-

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Off/ Away from

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Myo-

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Muscle

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-pod/ -ped

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Foot

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Ecto-

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External

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Neph-

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Kidney

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-therm

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Heat

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Endo-

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Within

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Neuro-

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Nerve

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-tic

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Pertaining to…

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Epi-

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Above/ On

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Oligo(s)-

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Few/ Small/ Little

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-vore

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To eat greedily

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Erythr-

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Red

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Omni-

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All

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A/an-

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Not/ Without

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Eu-

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Good

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Ornith-

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Bird

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Ab-

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Away

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Exo-

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Outer

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Phago-

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Eating

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Alb-

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White or pale color

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Platy-

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Amphi-

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On both sides

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Herpe(t)-

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Creep/ Crawl

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Gastro-

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Poly-

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Arche-

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Hetero-

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Pro-

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Forward/ Beforehand

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Arthro-

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Joints/ Limbs

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Histo-

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Pseudo-

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Auto-

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Homo-

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Pulmo-

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Bi-/Di-

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Hydro-

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Rhino-

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Cardio-

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Hyper-

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Beyond Normal

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Therm-

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Carn-

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Hypo-

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Below Normal

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Troph-

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Nourishment

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Cereb-

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Inter-/ Intra-

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Between/Among

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Uni-

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Chloro-

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Lipo-

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Zoo-/Zoa-

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Animal Life

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Ecology

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Scientific study of all the interrelationships between organisms and their environment.

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Biotic Factor

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Any living factor in an organism’s environment.

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Abiotic Factor

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Any nonliving factor in an organism’s environment, such as soil, water temperature, and light availability.

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Biosphere

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Relatively thin layer of Earth and it’s atmosphere that supports life.

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Biome

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A large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities.

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Population

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A group of organisms of the same species that occupy the same geographic place at the same time.

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Community

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A group of interacting populations that live in the same geographic area at the same time.

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Ecosystem

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A biological community and all the nonliving factors that affect it.

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Habitat

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A physical area in which an organism lives.

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Niche

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A role, or position, of an organism in it’s environments.

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Predation

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An act of one organism feeding on another organism.

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Symbiosis

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Close mutualistic, parasitic, or commensal association between two or more species that live together.

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Mutualism

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A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.

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Commensalism

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A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is neither helped nor harmed.

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Parasitism

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A symbiotic relationship in which in which one organism benefits at the expense of another organism.

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Reproduction

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The production of offspring

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Species

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A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

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Stimulus

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Any change in an organism’s internal or external environment that causes the organism to react.

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Response

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An organism’s reaction to a stimulus.

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Homeostasis

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The regulation of an organism’s internal environment to maintain conditions needed for life.

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Adaptation

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Inherited characteristic of a species that develops over time in response to an environmental factor, enabling the species to survive.

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