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| the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize food from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct. |
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| Process that requires energy. |
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| Inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival. |
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| Process that requires oxygen. |
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| Protein that helps destroy pathogens or foreign antigens. |
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| Related to the way something acts. |
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| The study of life; bio- life, logy- study |
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| Organic compound made of sugar molecules, used for energy. |
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| Any substance that causes cancer; carc- cancer, gen- produce. |
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| The largest population that an environment can support at any given time. |
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| Substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction. |
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| An organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which it was produced. |
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| An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs. |
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| The material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics, (deoxyribonucleic acid). |
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| Study of the environment and interactions with living things; eco- environment, logy- study of. |
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| Everything that surrounds a living thing. |
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| Protein that acts as a biological catalyst. |
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| Lipid; made up of fatty acids and glycerol; protects body organs, insulates body, and stores energy in the body. |
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| The transfer of a gene from one organism to another. The new organism expresses the desired trait. |
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| Relating the land; terra- earth. |
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| The process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow. |
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| Same structure; homo- same, log- |
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| Chemical messenger that regulates body functions. |
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| Safe from harm; protected, a person who is immune to a particular infection. |
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| Spreading or capability of spreading rapidly to others. |
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| An environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing. |
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| All of chemical reactions that occur within an organism. |
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| Compounds made by living things that contain carbon. |
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| The process that does not require energy. |
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| Disease- causing agent; path- disease, gen- produce. |
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| A plant that grows for many years. |
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| Study of function; logy- study of. |
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| A prediction of the outcome of a disease; pro- before, gnus- to know. |
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| The reproduction of plants. |
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| A molecule that is made up of amino acids and that is needed to build and repair body structures and to regulate processes in the body. |
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| (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents; a new combinations. |
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| Specialized cells that retain the ability to become a wide variety of specialized cells. |
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| A change that causes the organism to react. |
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| An inherited characteristic. |
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| Substance prepared from killed or weakened pathogens and introduced into a body to produce immunity. |
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