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Cell biology terms, chapter 1

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Nature   everything in the universe except what humans have manufactured.  
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atoms   fundamental biulding blocks of all substances, living and non living  
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molecules   atoms joining with other atoms  
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organism   individual that consists of one of more cells  
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population   group of individuals of the same kind of organism, or species, living in a specified area  
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community   consists of all populations of all species in a specified area  
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ecosystem   a community interacting with its physical and chemical enviroment  
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biosphere   encompasses all regions of earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere in which organisms live  
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emergent property   characteristic of a system that does not appear in any of its component parts  
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energy   capacity to do work  
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nutrient   type of atom or molecule that has an essiental role in growth and survival and that an organism cannot make for itself  
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producers   acquire energy and simple raw materials from enviromental sources and make their own food  
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photosynthesis   sunlight energy to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water  
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consumers   cannot make their own food; they get energy and nutrients indirectly by eating producers and other organisms  
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receptor   a molecule or cellular structure that responds to a specific form of stimulation  
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DNA   a nucleic acid, is the signature molecule of life  
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traits   distinct features  
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inheritance   transmission of DNA from parents to offspring  
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Reproduction   refers to actual mechanisms by which parents transmit DNA to offspring  
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development   the orderly transformation of the first cell of a new individual into an adult  
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species   kind of organism  
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genus   group of species that share a unique set of features  
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bacteria   single cell organisms  
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Archaeans   single cell organisms  
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eukaryotes   start off life with a nucleus  
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protists   simplesst kind of eukaryote.  
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fungi   mushrooms  
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plants   Multicelled species  
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animals   multicelled consumers that ingest tissues or juices or other organisms  
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mutations   small scale changes in DNA  
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adaptive trait   better chance of surviving and passing its DNA to offspring  
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natural selection   different survival and reproduction of individuals in a populations that different in the details of their heritable traits  
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evolution   simple means change in a line of descent  
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