Living Environment Vocabulary List
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The Living Environment Core Curriculum – General Vocabulary Abide Feedback Resemble Abrupt Finite Residue Accumulate Fossil fuel Resolves Aging Function Resources Alter Generally Role Ancestor Gradual Segment Appropriate Identical Sequence Aquatic Impact Severe Assess Inadvertently Significant Assumption Independent Scientific Beneficial Influence Sophistication Benefits Interaction Specialized Categorize Intensity Specific Characteristics Interdependent Stability Coexist Interrelationship State Complex Irreversible Sterile Components Justify Subsequent Consequences Limitation Substantial Consumption Maintain Suitable Continuity Maintenance Suited Cooperative Massive Terrestrial Coordinate Mechanism Trade-off Corresponding Monitor Transform Death Multiple Systems Transcend Degrade Optimistic Transmit Deliberately Outcome Unique Dependent Potential Valid Deplete Preserve Variable Descended from Primary method Variety Descendents Principle Via Desirable Process Views Detrimental Profound Deviation Proposal Diagnosing Quality - ethical Disease Random - cultural Dissipate Range Diverse Recognition Economist Regulatory Enhance Relates Ensure Relative Essential Representative economic - political Living Environment Vocabulary Unit 1 – Unity and Diversity Active transport Kingdoms Amino Acids Levels of organization Bacteria Life functions Biochemical Processes Life processes Biodiversity Mammals Biosphere Metabolic processes Biotechnology Microbes Bonds Mitochondria Building blocks Movement Capacity of technology Normal range Carbon dioxide Nucleus Cell function Nutrients Cell growth Organ systems Cell membranes Organelles Cell organelles Organic compounds Cells Organic food molecules Cellular organization Organic molecules Chemical composition Organisms Chemical reactions Organizational level Chemicals Organs Chloroplasts Oxygen Chromosomes pH Classification Physiology Compounds Protein Diffusion Protein molecules Digestion (as folded chains of amino acids) Dissolve Proteins Diversity Receptor Molecules Dynamic equilibrium (in cell membranes) Ecosystem Regulation Energy Relative acidity (pH) Energy capture Reproduction Energy release Respiration Energy source Simple sugars Energy stored chemically Single-celled organisms Energy-rich organic compounds Starch Function of protein Starches Fungi Steady state (homeostasis) Glucose Synthesis Growth Systems Heterotrophic Nutrition Technological fix Hierarchy (Classification) Tissues Homeostasis Viruses Host Water Inorganic molecule Unit 2 – Human Physiology AIDS Insulin Allergic reactions Internal environment Alter the equilibrium Nerve cells Antibiotics Organ malfunction Antibodies Pancreas Antigens Pathogens ATP Political views Behaviors Protein catalyst Breakdown Receptor molecules (in hemoglobin) Carrying capacity (hemoglobin) Regulatory mechanism Catalyst Respond Cellular respiration Response Circulation Shape of protein (lock and Key) Control mechanism Side effects Coordination Simple activation (enzymes) Diagnosing disease Stimuli Disease Structural similarities (surface area) Dissipated as heat Technology Elaborate learned behavior Temperature range Enzyme Toxic substances Enzyme controlled Toxins Ethical views Transplanted organ Excretion Vaccinations Fats Viral diseases Feedback mechanisms White Blood Cells (WBC’s) Health care Homeostatic control mechanism Homeostatic feedback Hormones Immune responses Immune system Immunity Inadequate diet Infection Infectious agents Unit 3 – Reproduction and Diversity Asexual Internal Development Asexual Reproduction Internal Fertilization Birth Male Cancer Meiosis Cancerous Cells Mitosis Cell Division Offspring Clone Ovaries Cloning Pregnancy Cultivated Plants Progesterone Development Reproductive Success Differentiation Reproductive Technology Egg Sexual Embryo Sexual Reproduction Embryonic Development Sperm Estrogen Testes Females Testosterone Fertilization Uterus Fetus Zygote Gametes Unit 4 - Plants Auototrophic Nutrition Photosynthetic Guard Cells Raw Materials Light Intensity Sex Cells Photosynthesis Solar Energy Unit 5 - Genetics Alter Genes Inherited Alterations sometimes abrupt Inherited traits Altered in substantial ways Inserting Base sequence Manipulating genetic instructions Code Manipulation of genes Combination of traits Mapping of genetic instructions Deleting Molecular bases Detecting and correcting (defective genes) Molecular basis of heredity Detection Mutation DNA New combinations DNA subunits Phosphate bonds Encoded in genes Physical traits Engineered Protein building Expression Radiation Gene expression Random alteration Gene modifications Recombination Gene mutations Recombining Genes Replicated Genetic engineering Sorting Genetically engineered organisms Substituting Hereditary information Subunits (A, G, C, T) Heredity Template Inheritable characteristics Trait expression Inheritance Variations Unit 6 - Evolution Adaptive characteristics Geologic time Adaptive value Gradualism Advantageous characteristics Long-term/gradual changes Anatomical similarities Loss of Diversity Biological adaptations Mechanism of evolution Biological evolution Natural selection Diverse species Overproduction Evolution Punctuated equilibrium Evolutionary relationships Selection Extinction Struggle for survival/existence Survival Unit 7 – Ecology Abiotic Global stability Atmospheric changes Global warming Biosphere Habitat Biotic Herbivore Carnivores Industrialization Compete Insects adapted Competition Interactions Conditions Interdependence Consumer Kinship Consumers Land use Consumption Massive population Cycling of materials Mineral availability Decompose Narrow limits Decomposers Niche Deforestation Nuclear fuels Degrade ecosystem Ozone shield Deplete resources Parasite Depletion Pesticides Direct harvesting Pollution Domestic animals Population Ecological succession Population distribution Ecology Population growth Economic views Predator Ecosystem Prey Energy pyramid Producer Environment Recycle Environmental factor Recycling of nutrients Environmental impact Resources Environmental quality Scavenger Environmentally literate Soil/rock type External environment Species Finite resources Stability of ecosystem Folded chains Stable ecosystem Food web Survival Fossil fuels Variations Fossil record Waste disposal Global awareness
