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cell   The basic unit of structure and function in all living things  
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organism   A living thing  
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nucleus   The brain of the cell  
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cell membrane   Surrounding of the plant cell  
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cell wall   Supports and protects a plant cell  
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cytoplasm   A jellylike substance containing chemicals that help the cell stay healthy  
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chloroplast   Makes food for cell  
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multi-cell organism   An organism that has more than one cell  
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single-cell organism   A celled organism  
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microorganism   An organism that is too small to be seen with the unaided eye  
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chromosome   A threadlike structure in the nucleus, made up of DNA  
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inherited trait   A characteristic passed from parents to their off spring  
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dominant trait   A trait that appears even if an organism has only one factor for the trait  
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recessive trait   A trait that appears only if an organism has two factors for the trait  
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gene   The part of a chromosome that contains the DNA code for an inherited trait  
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instinct   A behavior that an organism inherits  
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learned behavior   A behavior that an animal acquires through experience  
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classification   The process of grouping similar things together  
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kingdom   A major, large group of similar organisms  
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species   A single kind of organism that reproduce can among its own kind  
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vertebrate   An animal with a backbone  
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invertebrate   An animal without a backbone  
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mammal   An animal that gives live birth and has hair and warm blooded  
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bird   An animal that has wings and lays eggs and has feathers  
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reptile   A scaly animal that lays eggs on land  
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amphibians   A slimy like animal that lays eggs in water and sometimes goes on land  
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fish   An organism that has scaly skin and lays eggs in water breaths with gills in the water and turns the water into oxygen  
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electric charge   A basic property of the tiny particles that make up matter; it can be positive or negotiate  
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static electricity   The buildup of electric charges in one place  
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electric current   A flow of electric charge  
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electric circuit   A continuous pathway that can carry an electric current  
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series circuit   An electric circuit with only one path that current can flow  
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parallel circuit   An electric circuit with two or more paths that current can follow  
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resistance   The measure of how much a material opposes the flow of electric current  
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short circuit   A flaw in a circuit that enables current to flow where it is not wanted  
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conductor   A material trough which heat or electricity flows easily  
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insulator   A material that slows the flow of heat or electricity  
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electromagnet   A device made up of a current carrying wire coil around an iron core  
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physical change   A change in which a substance remains the same substance  
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mixture   A combination of two or more different substance  
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physical property   A trait such as color, shape, or hardness that describes substance by itself  
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chemical property   A property that involves the ability of a substance to react with other materials to form a new substances  
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chemical change   A change in which a substance or two becomes a new substance two  
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compound   A substance made up of two or more different elements  
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