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| the ability of a living thing to keep conditions inside its body constant | ||
| large molecule formed when many smaller molecules bond together | ||
| The movement of materials (nutrients) in a local ecosystem | ||
| a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | ||
| having a pair of equal and opposite charges | ||
| not ionic | ||
| term referring to matter having an excess of electrons (a negative charge) or a deficiency of electrons (a positive charge) | ||
| Water Fearing | ||
| Water Loving | ||
| the dissolved substance in a solution | ||
| a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances | ||
| a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule | ||
| (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound | ||
| a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond | ||
| any very large complex molecule | ||
| tiny structures that carry out functions necessary for the cell to stay alive | ||
| groups of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area | ||
| (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other | ||
| a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment | ||
| a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate | ||
| a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers | ||
| reproduction in which the genes from two parents join to make an offspring | ||
| a type of reproduction involving only one parent that produces genetically identical offspring by budding or by the division of a single cell or the entire organism into two or more parts | ||
| The passing of traits from parents to offspring | ||
| set of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life processes | ||
| an attraction between molecules of different substances | ||
| attraction between molecules of the same substance | ||
| a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries | ||
| a phenomenon at the surface of a liquid caused by intermolecular forces | ||
| the environment as it relates to living organisms | ||
| living | ||
| non-living | ||
| (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains | ||
| The hierarchical levels of the food chain through which energy flows from primary producers to primary consumers, secondary consumers and so on. | ||
| organism capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances | ||
| a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten | ||
| an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition | ||
| an organism that makes its own food | ||
| an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms | ||
| any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants | ||
| any animal that feeds on flesh | ||
| an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances | ||
| organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter | ||
| only 10% of the total energy produced at each trophic level is available to the next level. The amount of energy passed up to the levels of the food pyramid reduces as you go up. | ||
| warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere | ||
| a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation | ||
| a change in the world's climate | ||
| process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars | ||
| the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic moelcules | ||
| the law that states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed | ||
| whenever energy is converted from one form to another form some energy is lost as heat | ||
| the process of becoming a vapor | ||
| the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants | ||
| the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state | ||
| the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) | ||
| water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground | ||
| water that leaks out and slowly moves deeper underground | ||
| plant roots absorb the water | ||
| the assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria | ||
| without oxygen | ||
| process that requires oxygen | ||
| a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system | ||
| A way of measuring how much of an impact a person or community has on the earth. Someone who uses more natural resources will have a bigger footprint than someone who uses less. | ||
| H2o | ||
| chemicals produced by the body break foods into their smaller chemical building blocks | ||
| Part of digestion that uses movement and muscles to break down food | ||
| the process of wave-like muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along | ||
| a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum | ||
| protein substances that speed up chemical reactions. | ||
| (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | ||
| the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs | ||
| the substance acted upon by an enzyme or ferment | ||
| the elements or compounds produced by a chemical reaction | ||
| unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure | ||
| a unit of the energy supplied by food | ||
| the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge | ||
| a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth | ||
| any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants | ||
| an enlarged and muscular sack like organ of the alimentary canal | ||
| the passage between the pharynx and the stomach | ||
| digestive organ in which most chemical digestion takes place | ||
| Large organ just above the stomach that produces bile | ||
| a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder | ||
| stores bile until needed for digestion | ||
| gland that secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum, where it mixes with bile to digest food | ||
| Small fingerlike projections on the walls of the small intestines that increase surface area | ||
| the last section of the digestive system, where water is absorbed from food and the remaining material is eliminated from the body | ||
| the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens | ||
| the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum | ||
| A short tube at the end of the large intestine where waste material is compressed into a solid form before being eliminated | ||
| opening of the rectum to the outside of the body | ||
| a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch | ||
| Model of enzyme activity that explains how a particular enzyme will only fit with one particular type of substrate. | ||
| the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur | ||
| the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary | ||
| an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream | ||
| an enzyme from the pancreas that digests proteins in the small intestine | ||
| Enzyme that breaks down proteins in the stomach | ||
| Enzyme that digests protein | ||
| hydrochloric acid |
