Cells Flashcards

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Autotroph

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An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to put do use its own food

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Heterotroph

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An organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things

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Characteristic

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a feature that helps to identify something

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Organism

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A living thing

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Cell

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The basic unit of structure and function in living things

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Unicellular

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Made of a single cell

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Multicellular

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Consisting of many cells

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Stimulus

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Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way

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Response

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An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of stimulus

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Spontaneous generation

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The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources

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Homeostasis

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The condition in which an organism‘s internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment

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The process of grouping things based on their similarities

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Classification

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Species

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A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and reproduce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

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The scientific study of how living things are classified

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Taxonomy

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Domain

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The most basic level of organization in the classification of organism

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Evolution

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Change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from Angie the organisms.

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A tiny, non living particle that enters and then reproduces inside a living cell

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Virus

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An organism that provides a source of energy or suitable environment for a parasite to live with, in, or on

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Host

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A substance used in a vaccination that consist of pathogens that have been weakened or killed but can still trigger the body to produce chemicals that destroy the pathogens

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Vaccine

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Single called organisms that lack a nucleus;prokaryotes

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Bacteria

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A Eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus

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Protist

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An organism that benefits by living with, on, or in a host in a parasitism interaction

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Parasite

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Able to work against or hold off an opposing force

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Resistant

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A group of similar cells that preform a specific function

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Tissue

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A plant that has true vascular tissue for transporting materials

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Vascular plants

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A low growing plant that lacks true vascular tissue for transporting materials

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Nonvascular plants

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An animal with a backbone

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Vertebrates

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An animal without a backbone

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Invertebrates

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A body structure that is composed of different kinds of tissues that work together

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Organ

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A balance of body parts

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Symettry

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A vertebrate who’s body temperature is reguladles by its internal heat, and tat has skin covered with fur or hair and glans that produce milk to feed its young

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Mammals

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Yeast

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Fungi

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Streptococcus

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Bacteria

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Ebola

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Virus

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E.coli

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Bacteria

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Penicillium

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Fungi

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Amoeba

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Protist

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Bacteriophage

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Virus