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Chapter 1 & 2

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Term
Definition
cell   basic part of all living things  
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kingdom   one of five groups large into which scientists classify all organisms  
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protist   a one-celled organism  
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animal   many celled organism  
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plant   many celled organism that stays on ground  
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fungi   fungi is fungus. is a plantlike living thing that does not contain chlorophyll  
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moneran   a one-celled organism that does not have a nucleus  
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cell membrane   a structure that surrounds and protects the cell  
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nucleus   the control center of the cell  
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cytoplasm   the jellylike material that surrounds and protects the cell  
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cell wall   a stiff structure outside the cell membrane of some cells  
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chloroplasts    
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chlorophyll   green substance found in plants that is used for making food for the plant  
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vacuole   liquid filled sac in a protist  
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chromosomes   threadlike structure in the nucleus of the cell that carry information about the characteristics of all living things  
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protoplasm   all the substance within the cell including the nucleus  
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ameba   one celled animallike protist that has false feet  
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psudepods   false feet of an ameba  
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paramecium   one-celled animallike protist  
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cilia   tiny hairlike structures on a paramecium  
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euglena   animallike protist that moves with flagellum  
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flagellum   whiplike structure attached to the mouth region  
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mushrooms   fungi that can be a parasite or scavenger  
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spore   single cell that can grow into a new organism  
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yeast   single celled organisms that is used to make bread  
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mildew   fungi that live in damp places LIKE A SHOWER  
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bacteria   ex of a moneran  
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virus   a thing that seems to be alive but is not made of cells  
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nuclear membrane   surrounds and protects the nucleus  
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diatom   ex. of plantlike protist  
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diffusion   process in which food, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and wastes products move in and out of cells  
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respiration   process in living things in which oxygen combines with food, releasing energy from the food  
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mitosis   cell division, process in which one cell divides forming two new cells  
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problem   a question or problem you can test  
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research   background info about a scientific problem  
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hypothesis   educated guess based on research  
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procedure   steps you will follow to test a problem  
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materials   list of things you will need in the experiment  
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experiment   the actual testing of the problem  
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data   info gathered during experiment  
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observation   any changes notices during experiment  
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conclusion   statements about the result of experiment  
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theory   final factual statement about the results  
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vertebrate   animal with backbone  
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invertebrates   animal without backbone  
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pore   small hole or opening in a sponge  
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sponge   organism that has pores  
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spicules   needlelike parts of a sponge  
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stinging cell animal   animal that has tentacles for catching prey  
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stinging cell   cell that contains a poisonous thread  
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tentacles   an arm like part around the mouth of a stinging cell animal  
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flatworm   a type of worm that has 1 body opening  
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roundworm   type of worm that is a parasite and it has 2 body openings  
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segmented worm   type of worm that is divided into segments  
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mollusk   invertebrate with a soft body  
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mantle   a fleshy covering that protects the organs of mollusks  
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body mass   where all eternal organs are located  
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univalve   one shelled mollusk  
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bivalve   two shelled mollusk  
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cephalopod   mollusk with no shell or eternal shell  
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foot   where animals move  
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arthropod   an animal with jointed legs, segmented body, and hard outer covering  
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exoskeleton   the hard outer covering of arthropods  
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molt   to shed the outer body covering  
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scavenger   an authropod that feeds of of dead and decaying things  
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parasite   authropod that lives in living things and harms that living thing which it feeds  
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crustacean   arthropod with two body sections  
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insect   authropod with 3 body segments  
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head   where mouth and most of the sense organs are located  
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antenna   sense organs are used  
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thorax   where legs are located  
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abdomen   where other organs are located  
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arachnid   arthropod with no antennas  
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chilopod   authropod with more than 3 segments  
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diplopod   authropod with more than 3 segments  
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setae   hairlike structures  
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