abiotic
accuracy
non-living factors in an environment, such as
water, rocks, soil, sunlight
how close a measured value is to an
accepted value
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active transport
adaptation
process of moving materials across a
membrane using energy
a characteristic that helps an organism survive
in its environment and reproduce
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animal
aquatic
an organism that is a heterotroph,
eukaryote, and is multicellular
pertaining to water
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archaebacteria
asexual reproduction
an organism that is a unicellular prokaryote
that lives in extreme environments
process of making more offspring that are
identical to the parent; involves only one
parent, such as budding of fungi
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autotroph
behavior
an organism that can use the
sun's energy to make food
all the actions an animal performs
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biotic
carnivore
living factors in an environment, such as
plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria
an organism that eats only meat
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cell
cell membrane
basic unit of structure and
function in all living things
cell structure that controls what
enters and leaves the cell
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cell wall
cellular respiration
cell structure found in plant cells that provides
protection and support to the plant
process using food to make energy
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chloroplasts
chromosome
cell structure found in plant cells that contains
chlorophyll; where photosynthesis takes place
contains DNA, which carries the
genetic information that controls
inherited characteristics
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classify
climate
grouping objects based on similarities
typical weather pattern in an area
over a long period of time
(includes precipitation & temperature)
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community
competition
all the different populations living
together in a particular area
interaction that occurs when two
organisms fight over the same limited
resources, such as food, living space or mates
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consumer
cytoplasm
an organism that cannot make their own food
gel-like substance in the cell
that hold cell structures in place
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decomposer
desert
an organism that gets energy breaking down
dead or decaying organisms,
returning nutrients to the soil
dry biome that receives less than 25cm of rain
a year and has organisms such as lizards
and cactus living there
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dichotomous key
diffusion
a series of paired statements that uses physical
characteristics to identify different organisms
process by which molecules move from an area of high concentration to low
concentration of the molecules
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diversity
dominant
differences, such as biodiversity, which
refers to the number of different
species in an ecosystem.
an allele whose trait always shows up in the
organism when the allele is present;
the stronger allele
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endangered species
endoplasmic reticulum
a species in danger of becoming
extinct in the near future
cell structure that forms a passageway for
proteins and other materials to be
carried around the cell
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estuary
eubacteria
a habitat in which the fresh water of a river
meets the salt water of the ocean
an organism that is a unicellular prokaryote
that does not live in extreme environments
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evolution
extinct
the gradual change in a species over time
a species that does not have
any living members
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extinction
food chain
the disappearance of all members
of a species from Earth
a series of events in which one organism eats
another, shows flow of energy and matter
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food web
fossil
the pattern of overlapping food
chains in an ecosystem
the preserved remains or traces of an
organism that lived in the past
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freshwater
fungi
water that does not have salt in it, such as a
river, lake, stream, or pond
an organism that is a heterotroph,
eukaryote, mostly multicellular
and plays the role of decomposer
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genetic diversity
genotype
the differences in genes between
members of a population
an organism's genetic makeup
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growth
herbivore
to get larger
an organism that eats only plants
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heterotroph
homeostasis
an organism that cannot make its own food,
must take food in from environment
process by which an organism's internal
environment is kept stable in spite of
changes in the external environment
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host
hybrid
an organism being used by a parasite
for food or reproduction
an organisms that has two
different alleles for a trait
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internal
levels of classification
inside
taxonomic groups; kingdom, phylum,
class, order, family, genus, species
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marine
matter
saltwater biome
anything that has mass and takes up space
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meiosis
mitochondria
process that produces sex cells during which
the number of chromosomes is reduced by half
cell structure that produces most of the
energy needed to carry out the cell's functions
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mitosis
mountain biome
stage of the cell cycle during which
the cell divides into two cells
series of ecosystems found on mountains which
vary with elevation; precipitation increases and
temperature becomes colder as elevation increase
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mutualism
natural selection
a type of symbiosis in which both partners
benefit from living together
process by which individuals best adapted for
their environment are more likely to
survive and reproduce
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nuclear membrane
nucleus
cell structure that controls what enters
and leaves the nucleus
cell structure that controls all
of the cell's activities
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offspring
omnivore
children
an organism that eats both plants and animals
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organ
organ system
a structure in the body that is composed of
different kinds of tissue
a group of organs that work together to
perform a major function in the body
organelle
organisms
a tiny cell structure that carried out a specific
function within the cell
a living thing
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osmosis
parasite
the diffusion of water molecules through a
selectively permeable membrane
an organism that lives in or an a host
and causes harm to the host
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parasitism
phenotype
a type of symbiosis in which one organism
lives on or inside another and harms it
the physical appearance of an organism
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photosynthesis
plant
process by which plants and some other
organisms capture and use the sun's
energy to make food for themselves
an organism that is an autotroph,
eukaryote, and is multicellular
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population
precision
all the members of one species
in a particular area
how closely repeated measurements or
observations are to each other
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predation
predator
an interaction in which one organism hunts
and kills another organism
a carnivore that hunts and kills
other animals for food
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prey
an animal that is hunted and eaten by another
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producer
an organism that can make its own food
protist
Punnett Square
an organism that is a eukaryote,
either autotrophic or heterotrophic,
and mostly unicellular
chart used to predict possible gene
combinations of offspring
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purebred
recessive
an organism that has two of the same
alleles for a trait
the weaker allele that is masked/hidden
by the stronger allele
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response
ribosomes
an action or change in behavior that
occurs as a result of a stimulus
cell structure where proteins are made
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savanna
sedimentary
a tropical grassland close to the equator, which
has few trees and supports large herbivores
type of rock where fossils are often found
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sexual reproduction
stimulus
process by which two parents combine genes
to produce offspring with unique
combination of traits
a change in an organism's surroundings that
causes the organism to react
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symbiotic
taiga
a close relationship between two organisms,
where at least one benefits
the biome that is covered in coniferous trees,
has very cold winters, and has animals such as
moose and wolves living there
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taxonomy
temperate
the study of how objects are classified
the biome that has four distinct seasons, temperatures
ranging from -30 degrees Celsius to 30 degrees Celsius,
deciduous trees, and animals such as squirrels living there.
Main biome of Georgia
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terrestrial
tissue
pertaining to land
a group of cells working together
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trait
tropical rain forest
a characteristic that an organism can pass on
to its offspring through its genes
the biome that is located near the equator, receives
a lot of rain, and has a wide variety of animals, such
as toucan and monkeys living there
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tundra
vacuoles
an extremely cold, dry biome whose ground is
covered in permafrost, and has organisms such
as caribou and lichen living there
cell structure that stores food, enzymes,
water and waste
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