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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| protons | positively charges particles |
| quarks | the substances that protons are made up out of |
| neutrons | negatively charged particles |
| elements | pure substances that cannot be separated |
| compounds | pure substances the are composed of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds. |
| mixture | a combination of two or more pure substances that are not chemically combined |
| heterogenous | can see all the parts |
| homogeneous | cannot see all the parts |
| physical changes | changes that only change the physical properties |
| chemical changes | the formation or one or more new substances with new chemical and physical properties |
| chromosomes | the structures in a cell that contain the DNA inside |
| bases | the pairs that a double helix is made of |
| double helix | the structure of DNA |
| genotype | the set of genes carried by the organism |
| phenotype | the physical expression of the genes |
| dominant | a trait that will always be expressed in the phenotype |
| recessive | a trait that will only be expressed in the phenotype if two recessive alleles are present |