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LIFESCIENCEWORD(A-F)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | A trait or characteristic that improves an organism’s ability to survive in its environment |
| Alleles | All possible genes for a trait |
| Amphibian | An organism that breathes through its gills in its larval stage and through lungs in its adult stage |
| Analogous Structures | Body parts that have the same function in organisms but have different evolutionary roots |
| Anatomy | A life science discipline dedicated to the body structures or living organisms |
| Artificial Selection | The intentional reproduction of organisms with the sole desire of creating offspring with desirable characteristics |
| Asexual Reproduction | Reproduction that involves only one parent and results in offspring that is genetically identical to the parent |
| Auditory Receptor | A sensory receptor that detects sound |
| Autotroph | An organism that makes its own energy, usually from light |
| Bacteria | Unicellular organisms that sometimes have cell walls but do not have organelles and a defined nucleus |
| Binary Fission | A type of asexual reproduction found in bacteria, other prokaryotes, and a few eukaryotes |
| Biodiversity | The variety of species in an ecosystem |
| Biome | A large area made up of living things that is defined by a specific climate |
| Carrying Capacity | The maximum number of individuals of a species that an ecosystem can sustain without collapsing |
| Cell | The smallest functional building block of life |
| Cell Membrane | A thin barrier that forms the boundary of cells |
| Cell Wall | The outermost layer of cell in plant cells and some microorganisms |
| Characteristic | A feature used to identify a person or thing |
| Chromosome | A threadlike strand in the nucleus of the cell that contains the genetic information |
| Circulatory System | The system that pumps blood through the body |
| Clone | To create an organism that is genetically identical to its parent; the organism created by the process of cloning |
| Community | All of the organisms that make up an ecosystem |
| Cytoplasm | A mixture of salt and water that suspends the organelles inside the cell |
| Data | Facts collected for reference and analysis |
| Dichotomous Key | A tool that helps scientists classify a new species by using answers to yes-or-no questions to compare the characteristics of the new species to other organisms |
| Diet | The types of food an organism ordinarily eats |
| Digestive System | The system that breaks down food into energy for the body |
| Diploid | Having two complete sets of chromosomes |
| Domesticate | The process of making wild plants or animals suitable for human use |
| Dominant Trait | A trait that is expressed in an offspring if one parent expresses it |
| Egg | A female gamete |
| Electromagnetic | Relating to electric or magnetic fields |
| Embryo | An unborn or unhatched organism that is undergoing the process of rapid growth and development |
| Embryology | The study of the development and growth of an organism in its unborn or unhatched stage |
| Energy | The property of a body or a system that enables it to do work or cause a change |
| Enzyme | A substance that catalyzes chemical reactions in the body |
| Eukaryotic | Describes unicellular or multicellular organisms with a defined nucleus |
| Evolution | The natural process by which species develop and differentiate from earlier forms of life |
| Flower | The reproductive structure in flowering plants |
| Fossil | The remains or impressions of prehistoric organisms preserved in rock |
| Cone | A photoreceptor in the eye that processes color vision |
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