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Chapter 14-3.
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ribozyme | RNA molecule that can act as a catalyst and promote a specific chemical reaction |
| archaea | meaning to begin and are a related group of unicellular organisms which thrive under extremely harsh conditions |
| chemosythesis | CO2 serves as a carbon source for the assembly of organic molecules and energy is obtained from the oxidation of various inorganic substances such as sulfur |
| cyanobacteria | group of photosythetic unicellular prokaryotes |
| ozone | a gas molecule that is made up of three oxygen atoms |
| endosymbiosis | muatully bebefical relatioship in which one organism lives whinin another organism; a theory that eukaryotic cells originated through endosymbotic relationships between ancient procaryotic cells |