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Science Mid-Term
Vocabulary
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| International System of Units | The SI System |
| The ability to maintain a stable internal environment regardless of outside conditions | Homeostasis |
| Single organism reproduction | Asexual |
| Reproduction between two organisms | Sexual |
| Uses all evidence that is known about the organism | Systematics |
| Made up of sub-units called amino acids | Proteins |
| Compounds made up of sugar | Carbohydrates |
| Attached to red blood cells and transports oxygen | Hemoglobin |
| Made up of few sugar molecules linked together | Simple carbohydrates |
| Made up of long chains of sugar molecules | Complex Carbohydrates |
| Fats and oils | Lipids |
| mad up of sub-units called nucleotides | Nucleic acids |
| Single celled organism | Unicellular |
| Multi-celled organism | Multicellular |
| Movement across the cell membrane that does not require energy | Passive transport |
| the movement of materials across the cell membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration | Diffusion |
| the movement of water molecules across the cell membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration | Osmosis |
| diffusion across the cell membrane with the help of membrane proteins | Facilitated diffusion |
| the movement of materials across the cell membrane from area of lower concentration to areas of higher concentration | Active transport |
| Taking large particles into the cell | Endocytosis |
| Expelling large particles out of the cell | Exocytosis |
| Glucose is converted into energy | Cellular respiration |
| A series of chemical reactions that convert light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into the food energy molecule glucose and give off oxygen | Photosynthesis |
| Cellular respiration that does not require oxygen | Fermentation |