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| 14604392408 | Metabolism | the combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials | 0 | |
| 14604392409 | Reproduction | the process of producing offspring | 1 | |
| 14604392410 | Cells | The basic unit of structure and function in all living things | 2 | |
| 14604392411 | Heredity | the transmission of traits from one generation to the next | 3 | |
| 14604392412 | Homeostasis | relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain; state of constancy | 4 | |
| 14604392413 | life cycle | All of the events in the growth and development of an organism until the organism reaches sexual maturity. | 5 | |
| 14604392414 | Hydrolysis | the chemical breakdown of a compound due to reaction with water. | 6 | |
| 14604392415 | Dehydration | A chemical reaction in which the water molecule is lost; the lack/removal of water | 7 | |
| 14604392416 | Acids | substances that release hydrogen ions when dissolved in water;proton donors | 8 | |
| 14604392417 | Bases | Compounds that reduce the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution.;proton acceptors | 9 | |
| 14604392418 | Polarity | Molecules having uneven distribution of charges | 10 | |
| 14604392419 | Cohesion | Attraction between molecules of the same substance | 11 | |
| 14604392420 | Adhesion | An attraction between molecules of different substances | 12 | |
| 14604392421 | hydrogen bonding | strong type of intermolecular dipole-dipole attraction. Occurs between hydrogen and F, O or N | 13 | |
| 14604392422 | covalent bonding | a bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons | 14 | |
| 14604392423 | ionic bonding | Chemical bonding that results from the electrical attraction between cations and anions (oppositely charged) | 15 | |
| 14604392424 | Parts of an atom | protons, neutrons, electrons | 16 | |
| 14604392425 | organic compounds | Compounds that contain carbon | 17 | |
| 14604392426 | Monomers | small unit that can join together with other small units to form polymers | 18 | |
| 14604392427 | Polymers | molecules composed of many monomers; makes up macromolecules | 19 | |
| 14604392428 | Carbohydrates | the starches and sugars present in foods | 20 | |
| 14604392429 | Lipids | Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. | 21 | |
| 14604392430 | Proteins | Chains of amino acids | 22 | |
| 14604392431 | nucleic acids | a complex organic substance present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain. | 23 | |
| 14604392432 | function of carbohydrates | main source of energy | 24 | |
| 14604392433 | function of lipids | long term energy storage | 25 | |
| 14604392434 | function of proteins | essential for the growth, development, and repair of all body tissues | 26 | |
| 14604392435 | Enzymes | Catalysts for chemical reactions in living things | 27 | |
| 14604392436 | Pancreas | An organ in the abdominal cavity with two roles. The first is an exocrine role: to produce digestive enzymes and bicarbonate, The second is an endocrine role: to secrete insulin and glucagon into the bloodstream to help regulate blood glucose levels. | 28 | |
| 14604392437 | small intestine | Digestive organ where most chemical digestion and absorption of food takes place | 29 | |
| 14604392438 | Villi | Small fingerlike projections on the walls of the small intestines that increase surface area | 30 | |
| 14604392439 | Prokaryotic | An organism whose cells do not have an enclosed nucleus, such as bacteria. | 31 | |
| 14604392440 | Eukaryotic | Cell with a nucleus (surrounded by its own membrane) and other internal organelles. | 32 | |
| 14604392441 | cell membrane | thin, flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell | 33 | |
| 14604392442 | Mitochondria | Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production | 34 | |
| 14604392443 | Chloroplast | An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs | 35 | |
| 14604392444 | Lysosomes | cell organelle filled with enzymes needed to break down certain materials in the cell such as good and warm out cell parts | 36 | |
| 14604392445 | Ribosomes | site of protein synthesis is the cell | 37 | |
| 14604392446 | Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (Smooth ER) | The portion of the endoplasmic reticulum that does not have ribosomes attached to it. Involved in synthesis and secretion of lipids. | 38 | |
| 14604392447 | Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum | System of internal membranes within the cytoplasm. Membranes are rough due to the presence of ribosomes. functions in transport of substances such as proteins within the cytoplasm | 39 | |
| 14604392448 | Golgi apparatus | A system of membranes that modifies and packages proteins for export by the cell | 40 | |
| 14604392449 | cell wall | A rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell | 41 | |
| 14604392450 | Vacuole | Plant Cell organelle that stores materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates | 42 | |
| 14604392451 | Nucleolus | Found inside the nucleus and produces ribosomes | 43 | |
| 14604392452 | Chromosomes | a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes. | 44 | |
| 14604392453 | passive transport | the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell | 45 | |
| 14604392454 | active transport | the movement of materials through a cell membrane using energy | 46 | |
| 14604392455 | Hypertonic | when comparing two solutions, the solution with the greater concentration of solutes | 47 | |
| 14604392456 | Hypotonic | when comparing two solutions, the solution with the lesser concentration of solutes | 48 | |
| 14604392457 | Isotonic | Having the same solute concentration as another solution. | 49 | |
| 14604392458 | cell respiration equation | C6H12O6 + 6O2 ----> 6CO2 + H2O + ATP | 50 | |
| 14604392459 | Photosynthesis equation | 6CO2 + 6H2O ------> C6H12O6 + 6O2 | 51 | |
| 14604392460 | Viruses | tiny particles which must invade living cells in order to reproduce; when they invade, the cells are damaged or destroyed in the process releasing new particles to infect other cells | 52 | |
| 14604392461 | bottleneck effect | A change in allele frequency following a dramatic reduction in the size of a population | 53 | |
| 14604392462 | founder effect | change in allele frequencies as a result of the migration of a small subgroup of a population | 54 | |
| 14604392463 | genetic drift | A change in the allele frequency of a population as a result of chance events rather than natural selection. | 55 | |
| 14604392464 | Darwin | English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) | 56 | |
| 14604392465 | Lamarck | French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829) | 57 | |
| 14604392466 | Autotroph | Organisms that make their own food | 58 | |
| 14604392467 | Heterotroph | organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes but does not make; also called a consumer | 59 | |
| 14604392468 | Transcription | (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA | 60 | |
| 14604392469 | Translation | Process by which mRNA is decoded and a protein is produced | 61 | |
| 14604392470 | Codominance | a form of dominance where in the alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed. This results in offspring with a phenotype that is neither dominant nor recessive | 62 | |
| 14604392471 | incomplete dominance | Cases in which one allele is not completely dominant over another, a mix | 63 | |
| 14604392472 | sex-linked traits | A trait associated with a gene that is carried only by the male or female parent. | 64 | |
| 14604392473 | Karyotype | the number and visual appearance of the chromosomes in the cell nuclei of an organism or species. | 65 | |
| 14604392474 | allopatric speciation | The formation of a new species as a result of an ancestral population's becoming isolated by a geographic barrier. | 66 | |
| 14604392475 | peripatric speciation | A specific kind of allopatric speciation in which a few individuals (smaller group) from a mainland population disperse to a new location remote from the original population and evolve separately. | 67 | |
| 14604392476 | parapatric speciation | speciation occurring when two populations have continuous distributions and some phenotypes in that distribution are more favorable than others | 68 | |
| 14604392477 | sympatric speciation | The formation of a new species as a result of a genetic change that produces a reproductive barrier between the changed population (mutants) and the parent population. No geographic barrier is present. | 69 | |
| 14604392478 | artificial speciation | Process by which people create a new species of organism my selective breeding | 70 | |
| 14604392479 | blood types | A, B, AB, O | 71 | |
| 14604392480 | cell cycle | The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo | 72 | |
| 14604392481 | cell mitosis | a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth. https://www.yourgenome.org/sites/default/files/illustrations/process/mitosis_yourgenome.png | 73 | |
| 14604392482 | Cell Meiosis | a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes and plant spores. https://www.yourgenome.org/sites/default/files/illustrations/process/meiosis_yourgenome.png | 74 | |
| 14604392483 | natural selection | A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits. | 75 | |
| 14604392484 | directional natural selection | A form of selection that selects against one of two extremes and leads over time to a change in a trait. | 76 | |
| 14604392485 | stabilizing natural selection | a type of natural selection that eliminates extremes. Average phenotypes favorable | 77 | |
| 14604392486 | artificial selection | Selection by humans for breeding of useful traits from the natural variation among different organisms | 78 | |
| 14604392487 | Mutations | Random errors in gene replication that lead to a change in the sequence of nucleotides. The source of all genetic diversity. | 79 | |
| 14604392488 | Migration | Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location. | 80 |
