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| What is the smallest unit that can perform all life processes? | A cell
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| What is anything that causes a reaction or change in an organism or to any part of it? | Stimulus
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| What is the maintenance of a constant internal stata in a changing enviroment called? | Homeostasis
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| Two parent's sex cells unite producing an offspring in... | Sexual reproduction
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| The reproduction that doesnt involve uniting of sex cells in which a parent makes a copy of itself is... | Asexual reproduction
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| WHat is the passing of genetic traits form parent to offspring? | Heredity
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| WHat is the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism called? | Metabolism
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| What is an organis, that can make its own food and energy from its surroundings? | A producer
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| What is an organism that eats other organisms and or organic matter? | A Consumer
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| An orghanim that gets energy by breaking down remains of dead organisms to get energy and nutrients in a... | Decomposer
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| A molecule made of amino acids that is neededto build and repair body structures is a... | protein
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| What is a class of energy giving nutrients that includes sugars staches and fiber as well as carbon hydrogen and oxygen called? | Carbohydrates
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| What is a type of bio-chemical that doesnt dissovle in water? fats steroids etc. | Lipids
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| What is a lipid that contains phosphorus and is a structural component in the cell membrane? | a phospholipid
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| Adenosine Triphosphat, a molecule that acts as an energy source for cell proesses is... | ATP
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| What is a molecule made up of subunits called nucleotides? | Nucleic acid
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| What is a phospholipid layer that covers a cell's surface called? | A cell membrane
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| Small bodies found in cytoplasm that are specialized to preform specific cell functions are... | organelles
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| A membrane bound organelle in eukaryotic cell that contains the cells DNA and plays roles in growth metabolism and reproduction processes is the | Nucleus
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| What is an organism that consists of a single cell with no nucleus? | A Prokaryote
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| What is an organism that has cells with nuclei enclosed in membranes called? | A Eukaryote
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| WHat is a rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell? | A cell wall
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| A cell organelle comprised of RNA and protein which is also the site of protein synthesis is... | A Ribosome
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| A system of membranes found in the cytoplasm that assists in the production, processing and transport of lipids and proteins is... | The endoplasmic reticulum
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| What is a cell organelle that is surrounded by membranes and acts as the site of cellular respiration? | the mitochondrion
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| What is the cell organelle that helps make and package materials to be transported to other parts of the cell? | the Golgi complex
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| A small cavity or sac that contains materials in an eukaryotic cell is a... | Vesicle
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| What is a cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes called? | a lysosome
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| What is a group of similar cells that perform a common function? | A tissue
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| What are a group of tissue that carry out a specialized function of the body? | An organ
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| A group of organs that work together to perform a specific body function is an... | organ system
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| What is a living thing that can carry out any life processes independantly caller? | an organism
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| What is the arrangement of parts in an organism called? | The structure
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| the special, normal or proper activity of an organ or part is a... | Function
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| What is diffusion? | The movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density
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| what is osmosis? | The diffusion of water through a semi permeable membrane
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| What is passive transport? | Movement of substances across the cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell
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| What is active transport? | The movement of substances across a semipermeable membrane with the use of energy
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| What is exocytosis? | the process in which the cell releases a particle by enclosing it in a vesicle that moves out of the cell and fuses with the cell membrane.
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| What is endocytosis? | The process by which a vesicle enclosed particle moves moves into a cell and fuses with the cell membrane
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| What is photosynthesis? | Process by which plants algae and some bacteria use sunlight carbon dioxide and water to make food
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| What is the process by which cells use oxygen to get energy to produce food called? | Cellular respiration
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| What is the break down of food without the use of oxygen? | Fermentation
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| What is the life cycle of a cell called? | The cell cycle
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| What is a chromosome? | In a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures that are made of DNA and protein
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| What are homologous chromosomes? | Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and sam structure.
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| What is a process in eukaryotic cells that performs cell division creating two new nuclei called? | Mitosis
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| What is the division of cytoplasm in a cell called? | cytokinesis
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| What is the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring called? | Heredity
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| What is the trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred? | The dominant trait
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| What is the trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred? | the recessive trait
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| What is a dichotomous key? | Aid that identifies an organism based on the answers to a series of questions
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| What is the science of naming describing and classifying organisms? | Taxonomy
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| What is the division of organisms into specific groups based on characteristics called? | Classification
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| What are genes? | One set of instructions for an inherited trait
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| What is an allele? | Alternative form of a gene that governs a characteristic such as eye color
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| What is a phenotype? | An organisms apperance or other detectable characteristic
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| What is a Genotype? | The entire genetic makeup of an organism
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| What is probability? | The likelihood that a possible future event will occur
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| What is meiosis? | Process of cell division in which chromosome number decreases to half its original amount through two divisions of the nucleus
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| What is a sex chromosome? | One pair of the chromosomes that determines the sex of an individual
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| What is a pedigree? | A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genets trait in several generations
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| What are archaebacteria? | Kingdom made up of bacteria that live in an extreme environment
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| what are eubacteria? | A kingdom that consists of all prokaryotes except archaebacteria
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| What are protista? | kingdom of mostly one celled organisms that are different from plants animals and bacteria
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| What are plantae? | Kingdom of complex multicellular organisms that are usually green have cell walls made of cellulose cannot move and use the suns energy for food
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| What are fungi? | Kingdom of non green eukaryotic organisms that cant move, can make spores and get food by breaking down organisms
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| What are animalia? | Kingdom of complex multicellular organisms that lack cell walls, can move around and respond quickly to their environment
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