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Living environment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| THEORY | Proposed explanation for a wide variety of observations and experimental results |
| FACTS | Scientific facts are verified by repeatable experiments. |
| VALID | If something is valid, it's consistent with the available evidence |
| DATA | facts or figures to be processed; evidence, records, statistics, etc. from which conclusions can be inferred; information |
| VARIABLE | single factor that has a change |
| SCIENTIFIC METHOD | a method of research in which a hypothesis is tested by means of a carefully documented control experiment that can be repeated by any other researcher |
| HYPOTHESIS | Proposed explanation or answer to a scientific question |
| CONTROL | which no change is made in a scientific method |
| MAGNIFICATION | The process of enlarging the size of something, as an optical image |
| EUKARYOTIC | cell with a true nucleus |
| PROKARYOTIC | cell with no nucleus |
| UNICELLULAR | organisms with only one cell |
| MULTICELLULAR | more than one cell |
| BIOTIC | living factor |
| ABIOTIC | nonliving factor |
| ORGANISMS | Any individual living thing |
| ADAPTATION | Inherited trait that is selected for over time because it allows organisms to better survive in their environment |
| HOMEOTASIS | Maintaining a constant stable internal environment |
| METABOLISM | all chemical processes that synthesize or break down materials within an organism |
| PERMEABLE | is a material that allows liquids or gases to pass through. |
| ACTIVE TRANSPORT | energy molecules is required |
| PASSIVE TRANSPORT | energy molecules is not required |
| DIFFUSION | Movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration |
| OMOSIS | Diffusion of water molecules |
| CELL | Basic unit of the life |
| ORGANELLES | Small organelles having distinctive functions |
| VIRUSES | they are not made up of cells |
| CYTOLOGY | study of the cell |
| TAXONOMY | branch of biology specializing in organizing living things |
| BINOMINAL NOMENCLATURE | two naming system |
| GENUS | The first name of the organism |
| KINGDOM | Largest categories |
| Phylum | second largest categories |
| SPECIES | Narrow of an organism |
| BIOCHEMESTRY | the branch of science concerned with the chemical and physicochemical processes that occur within living organisms |
| ORGANIC COMPOUNDS | compounds containing two of both substances CARBON AND HYDROGEN |
| INORGANIC COMPOUNDS | compounds that contain one of both or CARBON OR HYDROGEN |
| ENZYMES | Molecules that control the rule of chemicl reactions . |
| PROTEINS | Organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen , oxygen , nitrogen , and sulfur |
| LIPIDS | Help with insulation , padding and protection for feathers and skin. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | provide the body with instant energy |
| POLYSACCHARIDES | long chain of simple sugar |
| DEHYDRATION | Removing water to make something simple more complex |
| HYDROLOSIS | adding water to make something simple more complex |
| GLYCOGEN | is where extra sugar is stored |
| PEPETIDE | a compound containing two or more amino acids. |
| CATALYST | Speeds up or slows down a chemical reaction. |
| NUCLEIC ACID | any of a group of complex compounds with a high molecular weight |
| NUCLEOTIDES | building blocks of nucleic acids |
| GLUCOSE | Simple sugar |
| HETEROTROPHIC | take food from the environment |
| AUTOTROPHIC | Makes its own food |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | process by which plants make its food by solar energy |
| CHEMOSYNTHESIS | Process by which plants make its food by chemical energy |
| Intracellular digestion | Intracellular digestion is a process where cells intake materials and break them down within the cell membrane, |
| PERISTALSIS | wavelike involuntary muscle contractions that push food through the organs of the digestive system. |
| Extracellular digestion | is the breakdown of food into nutritional components with the use of secreted enzymes. |
| DIGESTION | process by which , complex molecules are broken down into smaller molecules that can be used by cells. |
| INGESTION | Taking in food from the environment . |
| EGESTION | release of indigestible food. |
| ROUGHAGE | Indigestible fiber, containing cellulose |
| CALORIE | Is measured energy content in food, |
| MECHANICALLY DIGESTION | which is chewing |
| CHEMICAL DIGESTION | which requires enzymes to further breakdown energy. |
| TRANSPORT | distribution of materials in\out of cells |
| RESPIRATION | releasing chemical energy from food. |
| NUTRITION | taking in materials from the environment into the body |
| SYNTHESIS | building complex material from simpler ones and incorporating them into the body |
| EXCRETION | elimination of waste product |
| GROWTH | increase in cell number and cell size. |
| REGULATION | all body activities that help in maintaining homeotasis. |
| CONSTIPATION | difficult evacuation of the faeces. |
| CHLOROPLATS | Tiny around structures in leave containing green pigment in which PHOTOSYNTHESIS OCCURS |
| THYLAKOID | Organelles having photosynthetic membranes |
| GRANA | stacks of Thylakoid |
| STROMA | Spaces in the Thylakoid |
| CHLOROPHYLL | Green pigment found in the plants that absorbs plants. |
| GUARD CELL | Protect the plant of a dehydration |
| Stomata | Opening in leaves |
| PALISADE LAYER | Layer in the leaves were more foods are made. |
| ENERGY | Is required by all living things to carry out the life functions . |
| CELLULAR RESPIRATION | The release of energy |
| MITOCHONDRIA | Are the places in which the glucose is converted to ATP |
| ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP) | the energy that is use by the cells. |
| GLYCOLOSIS | Spliting of the glucose molecule. |
| MACROMOLECULES | Large molecules. |
| ABSORPTION | The movement of a substance, such as a liquid or solute, across a cell membrane by means of diffusion or osmosis. |
| BILE | Fluid released by the liver and Gallbladder into the small intestine that aids in the digestion and absorption of fats. |
| CELL WALL | Rigid structure that gives protections, support, and shape to cells in plants, algae , bacteria and fungi. |
| CENTRIOLE | Small cylinder-shaped organelle made of protein tubes arranged in a circle; aids mitosis |
| CYTOPLASM | Jellylike substance inside cells that contains molecules and in some cells organelles. |
| ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM | Interconnected network of thin, folded membranes that produce, process , and distribute proteins. |
| EPIDERMIS | Outermost layer of skin that consists mainly of dead skin cells, and provides a barrier to pathogens. |
| FATTY ACID | HYDROCARBON chain often bonded to glycerol in a lipid. |
| POLYMER | Large , carbon-based molecule formed by monomers. |
| RIBOSOME | Organelle that links amino acids together to form proteins. |
| VACUOLE | Organelle that is used to store materials, such as water , food, or enzymes , that are needed by the cell. |
| XYLEM | Tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals in vascular plants. |
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