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Biology
Undergraduate 1
09/10/2014

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Autotroph
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A organism capable of self-nourishment using inorganic molecules, such as the process photosynthesis using the sun as a food source.
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Anther & Filament of Stamen
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The Stamen is the organ of a flower that contains the Anther and Filament
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Archaebacteria
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Is considered to be a ancient form of life that evloved sepreatly from bacteria, is a prokaryote, and lacks a distinct nucleus.
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Animal with A Segmented Body
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A body divided into segments, often grouped into larger functional units.
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Biological Magnification
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Is the conecntration of toxins in a organism resulting in the consumption of other organisms with toxins in ther bodies
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Cuticle Layer of A Plant
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The outermost noncelluler protective layer of a plant.
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Detritivore
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a animal that feeds on dead organisms, especially plant detritus.
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Endosperm
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The part of a seed that acts as a food source for the developing plant embyro, usually conatians starch and poteins
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Epithelial Tissue
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Covers the whole surface of the body, is made of cells that are closly packed and aranged in more then one layer to cover internal and external body layer
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Ethylene
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Is a gas that is produced when fruits beingin to mold and ripin, but is also artifically used to improve the color of fruits quickly
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Eubacteria
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The "True" bacteria group having simple cells with ridgid walls and usually falgella for movment found in intestines, verterbartes, and soil.
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Eukaryote
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An organisms that contain cells or a cell, in which the genetic material DNA in the form of chromosomes are contained in the nucleus.
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Fermentation
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The chemical breakdown of bacteria by yeast or other microrganisms that typiclly gives of heat. (Like making bread)
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Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)
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Is a organims thats genetic material has been modified using genetic engieneering. (Usually dairy products, produce, and grains.)
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Gibberellins
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any group of plant hormones that stimulate stem elongation, germination, and flowering. (Such as grapes)
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Glycogen
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Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals and fungi. The polysaccharide structure represents the main storage form of glucose in the body.
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Gymnosperm Leaf
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are a group of seed producing plants, whose seeds are enclosed in a ovary
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Heterotroph
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An organism that is incapable of synthesizing its own food, therefor it must consume other organisms to feed on its organic matter.
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Homeostasis
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When a organism goes through multiple processes to maintain a state of equilibrium in there body to maintain life.
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Homologous Structures
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Structures derived from common ancestor or same evolutionary or developmental origin.
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Hydrophilic
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the tendency to mix with, dissolve in, or be wetted by water.
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Hydrophobic
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failure to mix with water or repelling water.
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Keystone Species
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A species that other species highly depend on, and that the lose of such species would cause drastic change to environment.
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Lichen
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a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crustlike, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees.
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Parasitism
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a relationship between two things in which one of them (the parasite) benefits from or lives off of the other, like fleas on your dog.
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Parenchyma Cells
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a tissue of higher plants that consists of thin-walled living photosynthetic or storage cells capable of division even when mature and that makes up much of the substance of leaves and roots, the pulp of fruits, and parts of stems and supporting structures
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Pollen
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the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
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Extinction
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when a species dies out and is no longer a part of any ecosystem on earth and is completely impossible to reverse extinction.
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Solution
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a liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component (the solvent).
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Predation
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The preying on one animal to another, hunting them usually to consume them.
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Adaptation of a plant
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when a plant mutates and acquires a new characteristic that helps it survive better in its environment and allows it to pass on its DNA to better the species from predators
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Frond
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the leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant.
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Seed Dispersal
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is the transport of seeds away from the parent plant, this acorn fell off a tree and made its way to a gravel path maybe by animal or by wind.
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Invasive Species
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not native and has negative effects on our economy, our environment, or our health
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