Cylces And Biodiveristy Flashcards

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Biotic

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Living things, organisms

Plants, bacteria, animals

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Abiotic

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Non-living things, physical features

Clouds, ocean, mountains

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Dynamic

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Anything that is undergoing constant change

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System

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Any object or process that is made up of different kinds of parts that have influence on one another.

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Geosphere

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The solid, physical earth

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Hydrosphere

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Rivers,lakes,ocean anything with water

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Biosphere

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All living things; process could take seconds to millions of years

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Atmosphere

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The envelopes of air that surround the planet

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Cycle

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The constant movement of matter and energy through a set of reoccurring changes

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4- steps in the water cycle

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Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Collection

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Evaporation

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Turning into vapor and held in the atmosphere

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Condensation

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Cold temperature, pulling moisture out of the air

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Precipitation

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Rain sleet hail any water form

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Collection

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Water accumulates on. Lakes rivers ocean soil etc

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Biology

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Study of life

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DNA

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(Deoxyribo-nucleic acid) universal genetic code of all living things

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Cell

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The smallest unit considered fully alive, all contain DNA

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Sexual Reproduction

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Cells from two parents parents unite to form the first cell of a new individual

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Asexual reproduction

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A single organism produces off spring identical to itself

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Homeostasis

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A condition of maintaining a stable internal environment (cells,organism)

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Metabolism

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The chemical reactions through which an organism breaks down materials

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Macromolecules

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Carbohydrates
Lipids (fat)
Protein

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Carbs

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Compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen can be simple or complex

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Simple carb

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1 or 2 sugar molecules

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Complex carb

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Having many sugar molecules

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Lipids

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Compounds made of carbon and hydrogen, can store energy and are not soluble in water

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Protein

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Compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, made of the small molecules called amino acids, perform many cell functions

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Enzyme

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A protein that is a catalyst or speeds up chemical reactions in cells

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Polarity

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When the charges on a molecule are unevenly distributed, resulting in poles

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Hydrogen bond

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The attraction and resulting bond between a hydrogen atom + and an oxygen atom - on diff. Water molecules

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Cohesion

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The attraction between molecules of the same substance

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Adhesion

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The attraction between molecules of diff. substances

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Phylogeny

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The study of how living and extinct organisms are related to one another

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List of categories

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Least specific- Domain 
                        Kingdom 
                        Phylum 
                        Class 
                        Order  
                        Family 
                        Genus 
Most specific- Species
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The three domains of life

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Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

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Eukarya Kingdom

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Protist, Fungi, Plants, and Animals

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Autotroph

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A Producer

an organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight

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Heterotroph

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A Consumer

an organism that contains energy by consuming living things