| A | B |
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| reproduction | the act of replacing oneself |
| aphotic zone | marine biome without light |
| atoms | basic building blocks of life |
| autotrophs | organisms that can create their own food |
| base | forms hydroxide atoms in water, ph of above 7 |
| biome | a large climate zone where many of the same types of animals live |
| biosphere | includes all biomes; the earth |
| biotic factors | the living things that affect a habitat |
| abiotic factors | the non-living things that affect a habitat |
| carbohydrate | organic compound used by cells to store energy |
| carrying capacity | the number of organisms a habitat can sustain in a dynamic equilibrium |
| cell wall | inflexible coat around a plant cell |
| chlorophyll | gives plants their green pigment |
| chloroplast | contains chlorophyll |
| chromosome | contains the gene material inside a cell |
| climax community | a community with all the organisms it can hold |
| commensalism | one species benefits, the other is neither hurt nor helped |
| cytoplasm | clear fluid in cells where chemical reactions occur |
| deductive reasoning | a specific example based on a general rule |
| density-dependant factors | sickness; factors that affect a population more or less based on density |
| density-independant factors | factors that affect a population more depending on the density of the area |
| development | slow or rapid change in characteristics of an animal |
| diffusion | a movement of molecules from an area of greater desity to an area of less density |
| dissacharide | 2 sugar combination |
| double helix | arangement of particles in DNA |
| endocytosis | active transport from the outside to the inside of the cell |
| energy | necessary to do work |
| eukaryote | cell with a nucleaus |
| evolution | the gradual change of characteristics of a population over time |
| facilitated diffusion | the movement of substances in and out of the cell by use of channel proteins |
| food chain | a possible route for energy to travel |
| food web | multiple possible routes for energy to travel |
| golgi apparatus | clean up crew of the cell |
| grasslands | biome consisting of a lot of grass and not many trees |
| habitat | collection of niches in one area |
| homeostasis | biological equilibrium |
