Apologia Marine Biology Module 2 Vocabulary
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| Metabolism | The process by which a living organism takes energy from its surroundings and uses it to sustain itself, develop and grow
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| Photosynthesis | The process by which an organism uses the energy from the sun to produce its own food
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| Autotrophs | Organisms that are able to produce their own food
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| Heterotrophs | Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain it from other organisms
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| Respiration | The process by which food is converted into useable energy for life functions
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| Homeostasis | The tendency of living organisms to control or regulate changes in their internal environment
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| Diffusion | The movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
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| Osmosis | The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
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| Osmoconformer | An organism that allows its internal concentration of salts to change in order to match the external concentration of salts in the surrounding water
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| Poikilotherm | An organism whose body temperature changes with its surrouding environment
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| Ectotherm | An organism whose body temperature is controlled by its surrounding environment
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| Homeotherm | An animal that maintains a controlled internal body temperature using its own heating and cooling mechanisms
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| Endotherm | An animal whose internal body temperature is a result of internal sources of heat
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| Asexual reproduction | Reproduction accomplished by a single organism
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| Sexual reproduction | Reproduction that involves the union of gametes from two organisms: a male and a female
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| Binomial nomenclature | Identifying an organism by its genus and species name
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