Terms

Question 1

Bio-

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Life, or living

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Ecosystem

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Community of living organisms

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Biotic

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Living organism

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Abiotic

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Non living organism

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Homeostasis

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The process of keeping an organism stable

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Homeostasis

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The process of keeping an organism stable

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Organ system

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Group of organs that work together to perform a specific w

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Cell

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Basic building block of life

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Nucleus

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In eukaryotic, contains genetic material

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Mitochondria

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Provides energy for the cell “powerhouse”

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Chloroplast

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Plastid that conducts photosynthesis

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Biotechnology

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Biology implemented in human health, animal health, agriculture, etc.

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Atom

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Smallest unit of matter

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Element

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Pure substance that cannot be broken down

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Compound

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Substance when two or more elements combine

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Enzyme

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A catalyst to a organism, causing a biochemical reaction

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ATP

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a molecule considered the primary energy currency of a cell (3phosphates, 1 sugar, 1 adenosine)

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Cell membrane

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Provides protection and controls nutrients going in, and waste out

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Photosynthesis

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Process of plants turning sunlight into food, via chloroplast

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Food Chain

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Linear representation of how nutrients travels

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Cell cycle

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Series of events that takes place in a cell as it grows and divides

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DNA

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Main carrier of genetic information

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Chromosome

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Thread-like structures in the nucleus of a cell that contain DNA and proteins, and carry genetic information from cell to cell

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Protein Synthesis

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Process by which cells create proteins, which are made of amino acids

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Transcription

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Process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA

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Translation

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Process in living cells in which proteins are produced using RNA molecules as templates, sequence of amino acids

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Mutation

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Change in an organism's DNA sequence

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Homologous Chromosomes

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Pairs of chromosomes that are inherited from each parent and contain the same genes in the same order, but with slight variations

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Autosome

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Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome

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Mitosis

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Process of cell duplication

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Meiosis

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Type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell

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Genetic variation

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Difference of DNA sequences between individuals

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Heterozygous

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Having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes, two different versions of the same gene

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Gene

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Basic unit of heredity

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Gene

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Basic unit of heredity

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Genotype

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Genetic makeup of an organism, or the unique sequence of DNA that an individual inherits from their parents

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Phenotype

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term in genetics that refers to the observable characteristics of an organism

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Dominant gene

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Variant of a gene that expresses itself more prominently

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Recessive

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Gene that is unlikely to be expressed

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Incomplete dominance

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Rare occupancy where both alleles express themselves

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Punnet square

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a diagram that predicts the possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring

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Mendel

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Father of genetics

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Hybrid cross

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mating experiment that combines the genetic material of two organisms that differ in two or more traits

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Sex-linked chromosomes

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genes that are located on the sex chromosomes

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Nucleotide

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organic molecule that serves as a building block for DNA and RNA

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Mutagen

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physical or chemical agent that causes mutations in an organism's DNA

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Allele

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one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation

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Independent assortment

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describes how genes separate independently during the development of reproductive cells

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Fertilization

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When a sperm cell enters an egg cell

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Trait

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Specific characteristic of an individual