Biology Vocabulary Flashcards
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Antibiotics
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- substance produced by or derived from a bacterium, fungus, or other organism
- inflections and diseases cause by microorganisms, esp. bacteria
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Archaeon (plural Archaea)
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- single cell microorganism
- prokaryotes, like bacteria, but share similarities with eukaryotes
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Autoimmunity
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- when an someone’s immune system reacts against himself/herself
- diseases like lupus, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and rheumatoid arthritis
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bacterium
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- simple, singled celled organisms
- helps with digestion and natural processes
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cell
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- smallest unit of life capable of living alone
- usually bounded by a membrane
- sometimes include nucleus and other specialized parts
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cholestrol
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- fatty substance in animal tissues
- produced in the liver
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chromonsome
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- rode-like structure in the cell nuclei that carries genetic material
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cloning
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process of copying a particular piece of DNA/organism
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DNA
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- Deoxyribonucleic acid
- double stranded that carries genetic information
- determines form and function of the living thing
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Ecosystem
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- independent community of living organisms and their climatic and geographical habitat
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Enzyme
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protein that promote certain chemical reactions in the body
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Estrogen
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group of hormones that promote development of female secondary sex characteristics and their reproductive system
- guys have estrogens too
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evolution
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- process of gradual change that occur in species that adapt to survive
- evolution occurs because of natural selection
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eukaryote
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single or multi-celled organism whose cell have a nuclei
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Gene
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portion of DNA molecule that provides the key to assemble the PRTEINS
