Biology 14 Terms
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| Biogenesis | the theory that living organisms come only from other living organisms
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| Spontaneous Generation | an early and now disproved theory that living organisms come to life spontaneously from nonliving material
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| Radiometric Dating | a method of determining the absolute age of an object by comparing the relative percentages of a radioactive (parent) isotope and a stable (daughter) isotope
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| Isotope | an atom that has the same number of protons (or the same atomic number) as other atoms of the same element do but that has a different number of neutrons (and thus a different atomic mass)
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| Mass Number | the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
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| Radioactive Decay | the disintegration of an unstable atomic nucleus into one or more different nuclides, accompanied by the emission of radiation, the nuclear capture or ejection of electrons, or fission
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| Half-Life | the time required for half of a sample of a radioactive isotope to break down by radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope
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| Microsphere | Spherical in shape and are composed of many protein molecules that are organized as membranes
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| Coacervate | a mass of colloidal substances held together by electrostatic attraction
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| Ribozyme | a type of RNA that can act as an enzyme
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| Archaea | Related group of unicellular organisms, many of which thrive under extremely harsh environmental conditions
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| Chemosynthesis | the production of carbohydrates through the use of energy from inorganic molecules instead of light
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| Cyanobacteria | a bacterium that can carry out photosynthesis, such as a blue-green alga
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| Endosymbiosis | a mutually beneficial relationship in which one organism lives within another
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