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Definition
Excretion   Getting rid of waste  
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Growth   Increase in cell size or cell number  
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Respiration   Oxygen + glucose  carbon dioxide + water + ENERGY  
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Nutrition   Chemicals needed for respiration or growth  
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Organism   A single living thing  
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Reproduction   The creation of a new organism  
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Sensitivity   Detect changes in the environment  
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Bladder   Stores urine  
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Urine   Removes wastes especially nitrogen as urea  
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Diaphragm   Contracts down to fill lung, relaxes up to empty lung  
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Food pipe   Also called gullet, oesophagus  
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Heart   Pumps blood  
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Intestines   Small takes in nutrients, large takes in water  
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Kidneys   Removes wastes from the blood  
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Photosynthesis   Carbon dioxide + water + ENERGY  oxygen + glucose  
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Liver   Destroys toxins in the blood, stores glucose  
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Lungs   Oxygen and carbon dioxide gas exchange by diffusion  
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Organ   Group of tissues working together to perform a function eg. skin, lung, heart  
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Rectum   Stores faeces  
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Root   Absorbs water and minerals  
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Skin   For protection, insulation, and sensitivity  
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Stem   Transports water and nutrients  
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Stomach   Physical and chemical digestion of food  
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Trachea   Also called wind pipe  
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Tissue   Group of similar cells working together  
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Fat tissue   Stores fat  
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Muscle tissue   Allows movement  
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Root hair tissue   Absorbs water  
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Xylem tissue   Transports water  
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Biopsy   Small tissue sample taken for examination  
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Coarse focusing wheel   Moves stage quickly for focusing under x10 lens only  
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Fine focusing wheel   Moves stage finely for focusing above x10 lens  
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Slide   Glass piece to lay specimen on  
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Coverslip   Glass cover on top of slide  
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Image   What you see down the microscope  
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Focus   Adjust to make image clear  
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Specimen   The object you are looking at  
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Eyepiece lens   The first lens you look down to see the objective lens  
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Objective lens   The lens closest to the specimen  
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Magnification   The increase in size ratio  
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Cell   The basic unit of life  
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Cell surface membrane   The layer that determines what goes in or out of a cell  
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Cell wall   Layer outside the cell membrane for support  
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Cellulose   Material that makes the cell wall of a plant cell  
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Chlorophyll   Green substance inside chloroplasts  
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Chloroplast   Organelle that contains chlorophyll for photosynthesis  
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Organelle   Group of chemicals that work as a small organ for a cell  
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Cytoplasm   The liquid inside the cell where chemical reactions take place  
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Mitochondria   The organelle where respiration for ENERGY takes place  
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Nucleus   The organelle that contains the DNA of the cell  
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Vacuole   A storage organelle  
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Blood vessel   Tube that carries blood  
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Organ system   A group of organs that work together to do a job  
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Breathing system   Organ system for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange  
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Circulatory system   Organ system to transport oxygen, glucose, water, carbon dioxide and other substances  
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Digestive system   Organ system to that breaks down food to smaller molecules for absorption into the blood  
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Nerve tissue   Tissue made of nerve cells and other types of cells  
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Nervous system   Organ system for communication  
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Urinary system   Organ system that cleans blood and removes wastes  
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Water transport system   Organ system that carries water in a plant using xylem tissue  
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Organ transplant   Replacing an organ from one organism to another  
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