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| cell | The smallest unit that can perform all life processes and contains all of the materials necessary for life.
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| stimulus | Anything in the environment that causes a response or change in an organism.
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| homeostasis | The process of an organism maintaining a constant and stable internal state in a changing environment.
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| metabolism | The total of all chemical activities that an organism performs.
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| proteins | One of the five chemical building blocks of cells that are used to build cells and cellular structures.
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| amino acids | The molecules that make up proteins.
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| carbohydrates | One of the five chemical building blocks of cells that are used as a source of energy and for energy storage.
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| simple carbohydrate | A carbohydrate made of one sugar molecule or a few linked sugar molecules.
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| complex carbohydrate | A carbohydrate made of hundreds of sugar molecules linked together.
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| lipids | One of the five chemical building blocks of cells that store energy and make up the cell membrane.
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| phospholipids | A special type of lipid that forms much of the cell membrane.
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| ATP | One of the five chemical building blocks of cells that the major energy-carrying molecules in the cell.
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| nucleic acids | One of the five chemical building blocks of cells that carry the genetic information of an organism.
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| nucleotides | The molecules that make up nucleic acids.
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| photosynthesis | The process by which plants make their own food (sugar) from carbon dioxide, water, and energy from sunlight.
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| chlorophyll | The green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy.
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| glucose | The sugar produced during photosynthesis.
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| cellular respiration | The process by which cells use oxygen to release energy from food.
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| cuticle | A waxy coating that protects the plant from water loss.
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| stoma | The opening in a leaf’s epidermis (outer layer) through which carbon dioxide and oxygen are exchanged.
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| guard cells | The “double doors” that open and close a stoma for gas exchange.
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| transpiration | The loss of water from the leaves of plants.
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| tropism | Plant growth in response to a stimulus.
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| phototropism | The process that occurs when plants grow towards light.
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| gravitropism | The process that occurs when plants grow shoots away from gravity (upwards).
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