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| Random movement of ions and other particles from an area of higher concentrationto an area of lower concentration. | What is diffusion |
| Distance between one wave crest and the next. | What is wavelength |
| the idea that non-living things could give rise to living things | What is spontaneous generation |
| non-reproducting stage in which a cell spends most of its life | What is interphase |
| applying knowledge to real problems | What is technology |
| a substance composed of two or more atoms of different elements joined by a chemical bond | What is a compound |
| a class of organic compounds that includes fats, oils, and waxes | What are lipids |
| A process that is the reverse of condensation | What is hydrolysis |
| The energy of motion | What is kinetic energy |
| Proteins that lower the activation energy required and allow reactions to occur at the normal temperatures of cells | What are enzymes |
| non protein helper molecules | What are coenzymes |
| the diffusion of water into and out of cells across a selectively permeable membrane | What is osmosis |
| use of transport proteins to acid, or facilitate, the passage of particles across the plasma membrane | What is facilitated diffusion |
| The border of a small sac | What is a vesicle |
| a group of cells that have the same basic structure and function | What is tissue |
| a structure composed of many different tissues that work together to perform a particular function | What is an organ |
| The sum of all chemical changes in cells | What is metabolism |
| the powerhouse of cells | What are mitochondria |
| Area of central control in the cell | What is the nucleus |
| a dense mass of material inside the nucleus | What is the chromatin |
| Prominent bodies visible in nuclei | What are nucleoli |
| Most common pigment-containing plastids | What are chloroplasts |
| Vesicles formed from the Golgi bodies | What are lysosomes |
| Fluid-filled, membrane bound structure that store cell produced substances | What are vacuoles |
| The highest rate of reproduction under ideal conditions | What is biotic potential |
| circumstances that keep organisms from reaching their biotic potential | What are limiting factors |
| Increase in the size of a population with time | What is population growth |
| greatest number of individuals in a certain population that a given environment is capable of supporting under a specific set of conditions | What is carrying capacity |
| The size of a population that occupies a given area at any given point in time | What is population density |
| The feeding of one organism on another | What is predation |
| total amount of dried weight of organic matter | What is biomass |
| Physical aspests of the environment | What are abiotic factors |
| The decayed remains of organisms | What is humus |
| Large geographic regions | What are biomes |
| organisms that float in the water and are carried by ocean currents | What are plankton |
| Heat energy from the interior of earth | What is Geothermal energy |
| A chemical poison that is used to kill an unwanted organism | What is a pesticide |
| the fluid part of a chloroplast | What is stroma |
| A series of changes that convert light energy into chemical energy | What are the light reactions |
| A relationship in which two organisms live in close association | What is symbiosis |
