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7th science

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simmilar to family tree cladogram
first name of scientific name genus
genus name and specific name scientific name
of the following family, order, species, and class- class is the more general term.
most important contribution of Carolus Linnaeus binomial nomenclature
ability to mainstay steady internal conditions homeostasis
anything an organisms responds to stimulus
two name system by Linneaus binomial nomenclature
photosynthesis _______ oxygen releases
diffusion is ______ transport passive
difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell eukaryotic has a cell membrane around the genetic material. prokaryotic does not.
a stiff structure outside the cell membrane found in plant cells cell wall
structures that have function organelles
storage area of the cell vacuoles
fluid inside a cell cytoplasm
organelles that prepare and package proteins golgi bodies
power house of the cell mitochondria
passive transport of water through a membrane osmosis
phase that cell spends most of its time in interphase
forms protective outer layer of skin epithelial tissue
similar types of cells that work together to carry out task tissue
groups of different tissues working together to form a particular job organ
phases of mitosis prophase, metaphase, anaphase telophase.
haploid numbers of chromosomes are usually found in ________ sex cells
cells that have pairs of chromosomes diploid cells
cytoplasm and its contents divide cytokinesis
when an offspring grows from a piece of its parent regeneration
cell division and makes four haploid sex cells meiosis
egg and sperm cells join together fertilization
female sex cell egg
male sex cell sperm
cell division that produces body cells mitosis
new cell formed from fertilization zygote
how prokaryotes perform cell division fission
a new organism grows on body of its parent (asexual reproduction) budding
performed in a laboratory(asexual reproduction) cloning
cells are produced by reproductive cell division during meiosis 4
_____ of human DNA is considered junk DNA 97%
polygenic inheritance determines eye color
in a punnett square a capital letter stands for a dominant trait
genetic factor that blocks another factor dominant factor
model used to predict possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring punnett square
how a trait appears or is expressed phenotype
tool that can show phentypes of genetically related family members pedigree
more than one allele controlling a trait multiple alleles
study of how traits are passed genetics
remains of live over time fossils
change over time evolution
longest time units on the geologic time scale (footprints) trace fossils
adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment camouflage
when many species become extinct within a few million year mass extinction
inherited trait that helps an organism survive adaptation
body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and organ homologous structures
study of embryos embryology
body parts that have lost their original function through evolutions vestigial structures
slight difference in an inherited trait variation
exact age absolute
estimating age relative
use of organisms to clean up enviromental pollution bioremediation
kills your immunity system HIV
bacteria that lives in extreme environments Archaea
agents that causes diseases pathogens
a strand of DNA or RNA surrounded by a layer of protein virus
virus that rplicates without damaging host cell and doesn't have an affect latent virus
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