| A | B |
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| biotic factors | all living organisms that interact within a population or an environment |
| botany | is the study of the structure and function of plants |
| asexual | the reproduction of offspring from one parent which gives genetically identical cells. (examples: bacteria) |
| autotrophs | are organisms that produce their own food using energy from sunlight or inorganic compounds. (examples: plants, and organisms with chloroplasts) |
| balance/scale | a piece of scientific equipment used to weigh or mass |
| biochemistry | the study of the chemistry in living things which includes metabolism |
| biotechnology | the use of organisms to improve human health and food. |
| carnivores | are organisms that eat herbivores, omnivores, or other meat eaters |
| carbohydrates | are organic compounds formed by photosynthesis, and are a major |
| cell membrane | is the thin flexible barrier that surrounds the contents of all cells |
| biodiversity | is the variety of all life in an ecosystem. (plants, animals, all other |
| carbon dating | the use of carbon to determine the age of a formerly living thing / fossil |
| cilia | numerous short tiny hair like projections from cells that aid in movement |
| ATP | the energy currency molecule of all living things, (made in |
| bacteriophage | is virus that infects bacteria, and often used in genetic engineering |
