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Unit Two Vocabb
| osmosis | water moving in &out of a cell |
|---|---|
| Passive | Type of transport that doesn't use energy |
| Viruses | nonliving because not cells, no metabolism, can't reproduce without a host. |
| Amino acids | monomers of proteins |
| clumped distribution | trees near a river or cows in a pasture |
| habitat | where a species lives |
| carbohydrates | aka sugars and starches |
| amino acid chains | found in proteins |
| exocytosis | how large molecules are moved out of a cell |
| endocytosis | large molecules are moved into a cell by this |
| plasma membrane | aka the plasma membrane |
| niche | where, when and what a species eats |
| facilitated diffusion | how sugar and glucose enter a cell |
| gravitropism | growing against gravity |
| phototropism | growing toward the sun |
| populations | consist of the same species |
| water cycle phases | evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration |
| innate behaviors | genetically programmed |
| endoplasmic reticulum | moves supplies around the cell |
| organic | contains the element carbon |
| diffusion | goes from high to low |
| primary succession | when lifes begins for the first time in a place |
| secondary succession | when life or growth starts for a second time |
| succession | change or growth over time |
| thigmotrophism | growth stimulated by contact with an object |
| logistic growth | occurs with limiting factors to regulate it |
| exponential growth | happens very fast |