Ch 1-13 Flashcards

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1
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The vase shaped structure of a flower that contains the stigma and ovary

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Pistil

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2
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A plant that lives for two growing seasons

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Perennial

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3
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The tiny air sacs found in human and mammal lungs

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Alveoli

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4
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The system of the human body that provides covering and protection

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Integumentary

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5
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A group of cells designed to work together as a unit

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Tissue

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6
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Food nutrients that are used to build and repair the body

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Proteins

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7
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The scientific concept that states that living things can originate only from existing living things

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Law of biogenesis

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8
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The level of classification between order and genus

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Family

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9
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The general term for all mammals with hooves

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Ungulates

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10
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An animal that reproduces by laying eggs

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Oviparous

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11
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The part of a bird egg that becomes the embryo

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Germinal spot

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12
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The largest known fish

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Whale shark

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13
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The hard shell covering the cephalothorax of some crustaceans

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Carapace

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14
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Prokaryotes are distinguished from eukaryotes by lack of an organized ……..

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Nucleus

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15
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The seller is surrounded and protected by this

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The cell membrane

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16
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A tree’s xylem are located in this part

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Wood

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17
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A tree that has male and female parts on separate trees

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Dioecious

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18
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And environment and all its organisms

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An ecosystem

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19
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The range of conditions in which an organism can survive

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It’s tolerance range

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20
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The system that uses hormones to control certain body functions

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The endocrine system

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21
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The foundation of modern science

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The Bible

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22
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The level of classification below kingdom

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Phylum

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23
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Any built-in knowledge that an animal is born with

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Instinct

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24
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The outside skeleton of an arthropod

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Exoskeleton

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25
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The information-storing substance that a cell’s nucleus contains

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DNA

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26
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A structure formed by the leaves, twigs, flowers, and fruit at the top of the fully grown tree

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The crown

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27
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The northern and southern limit at which trees grow

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The tree line

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28
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A model that shows all the feeding relationships in an environment

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Food web

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29
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All the organisms of one species in an environment

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The population

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30
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The struggle against other organisms for needed resources

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Competition

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31
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A nutritional relationship in which one animal hunts another

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Predation

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32
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A relationship in which organisms share only indirect contact

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Neutralism

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33
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A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

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Commensalism

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34
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The surroundings of an organism or group of organisms

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Environment

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35
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The unbearable Akalei Diaz it says that the present is the key to the past

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Uniformitarianism

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36
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And originally created type of organism

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A kind

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37
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An animal that depends upon external means to regulate its body temperature

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Cold-blooded

38
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The transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring

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Heredity

39
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Because they obtain their nutrition from dead organisms, fungi are considered this

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Saprophytes

40
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The maximum number of organisms of a particular species that an ecosystem can support

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The carrying capacity

41
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The number and variety of species living in an environment

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Biodiversity

42
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The term for any close relationship between organisms

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Symbiosis

43
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The permanently frozen layer of arctic tundra

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Permafrost

44
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Based on plant and animal life, the earth is divided into bride regions called this

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Biomes

45
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A sensible explanation to a scientific problem

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A hypothesis

46
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The group used as a standard for comparison when using the scientific method

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Control group

47
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This term refers to organisms that live in or on other organisms into nutrients from them

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Parasites

48
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A living thing that can be cut into equal halves in only One Direction has this kind of symmetry

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Bilateral

49
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Flowering plants are this kind of plant

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Angiosperms

50
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The green pigment found in chloroplasts

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Chlorophyll

51
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A characteristic of diecots

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They have taproots

52
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The system of the human body that transports nutrients, waste, and other materials

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The cardiovascular system

53
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Exercises that do not maintain a raised heart rate

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Anaerobic

54
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The disease that occurs when some of the body’s cells begin to divide and grow at an abnormally fast pace

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Cancer

55
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The belief that nothing is spiritual and that there is no God

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Materialism

56
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Mutations cannot cause evolution because of this

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Mutations do not produce new kinds of organisms

57
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And animal species that has been completely wiped out

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Extinct

58
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An animal that primarily eats plants

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Herbivore

59
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This is a characteristic NOT common to all mammals

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A two-chambered heart

60
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Introducing ladybugs into an area to remove aphid pests is an example of this

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Biological control

61
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Single celled animal-like organisms

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Protozoa

62
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The main function of the bio geochemical cycles

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To recycle minerals and other nutrients in the environment

63
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The portion of earth where life exists

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The biosphere

64
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The spinal cord and brain are in this system

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The central nervous system

65
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The large blood vessel’s that return blood to the heart

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Veins

66
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The most powerful natural stimulant

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Cocaine

67
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Animals with backbones

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Vertebrates

68
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I migration route that birds follow from year-to-year

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Flyway

69
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A chick that hatches with insulating feathers and can run or swim soon after birth

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Precocial

70
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The sequence “egg, nymph, adult,” describes this type of metamorphosis

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Incomplete metamorphosis

71
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A tree that loses its leaves in the fall and stays bear all winter

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A deciduous tree

72
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An organisms feeding relationship with other animals is described by this

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It’s trophic level

73
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Man’s responsibility to take care of Gods creation

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Stewardship

74
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The preservation, management, and care of natural resources

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Conservation

75
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A list of starting at producers and arranged in order of what eats what

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The food chain

76
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This person studies body structure

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Anatomist

77
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This person studies reptiles and amphibians

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A herpetologist

78
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This person studies fish

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Ichthyologist

79
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This person studies insects

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Entomologist

80
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This person studies the interactions between organisms and their environment

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An ecologist

81
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The plant vessels that carry sugar to the roots and stem

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Phloem

82
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The food making process of plants

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Photosynthesis

83
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The term that refers to a strong feeling expressed in a physical way

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An emotion

84
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The waxy protective layer of a leaf

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The cuticle

85
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The organ that produces the oil that bird to spread over their bodies

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The preen gland

86
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The term that refers to an eye with more than one lens

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A compound eye

87
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The group of arthropods that spiders belong to

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Arachnids

88
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The group of organisms that are the main producers on the planet

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Plants

89
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This term refers to an organisms role in its environment

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Niche

90
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The idea of that nature is God

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Pantheism