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  1. Type of seed plant that produces seeds in the ovary of a flower.
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angiosperms

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  1. Animal with a vertebral column, or backbone.
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vertebrates

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  1. Animal that lacks a vertebral column, or backbone.
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invertebrate

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  1. Organism that gets food by consuming other organisms.
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heterotroph

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  1. Characteristics of an organism that depend on how the organism’s genotype is expressed, such as purple or white flowers.
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phenotype

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  1. Are the parts of the environment that are not living, such as sunlight, climate, soil, water, and air.
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abiotic factors

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  1. Type of seed plant that produces bare seeds in cones.
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gymnosperms

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  1. Organism that makes its own food.
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autotrophs

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  1. Combination of alleles that an individual inherits for a given gene
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genotype

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  1. Long, whip-like extensions on the surface of a cell that helps the cell move.
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flagella

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  1. Temporary feet.
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pseudopodia

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  1. Male reproductive structure of a flower that consists of a stalk-like filament and a pollen-producing anther.
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stamen

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  1. Part of a flower that helps protect it while it is still in the bud (before it opens).
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sepals

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  1. The parts of the environment that are alive, or were alive and then died, such as plants, animals, and their remains.
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biotic factors

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  1. Type of vascular tissue in a plant that transports food from photosynthetic cells to other parts of the plant.
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phloem

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  1. Thin, very small tail-like projections that extend outward from the cell body.
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cilia

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  1. One dominant allele and one recessive allele
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heterozygous

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  1. A drug that kills or limits the continued growth of bacteria; used to help cure bacterial infections.
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antibiotic

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  1. Two of the same allele.
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homozygous

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  1. Type of vascular tissue in a plant that transports water and dissolved nutrients from roots to stems and leaves.
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xylem