Chapter 4 vocab by Ashley Baxcajay Perez

Photosynthesis

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the process by which producers use sunlight to make food for plants.

Chlorophyll

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The green pigment used by producers to trap sunlight energy.

Autotroph

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an organism that produces its own food using light, water , carbon dioxide

Heterotroph

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organism that eats other plants and animals for energy

Cellular Respiration

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the process where cells get energy from glucose

Producer

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organism that creates own food or energy

Prokaryote

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organism whose cells lacks a nucleus and other organelles

Eukaryote

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organisms cells containing a nucleus within a membrane

Population

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the study of different population of organisms

Species

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a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature

Community

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a group or association of populations

Ecosystem

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An area where plants, animals and other organisms and weather work together and create life

Symbiosis

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where two different organisms have a close relationship with each other with different species

Diffusion

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the movement of molecules from different regions of a higher concentration to a region of a low concentration.

Osmosis

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the movement of a higher concentration region to a lower concentration region through a smart barrier

Osmoconformer

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organism that maintain an internal environment which is isotonic to the external

Osmoregulate

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the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of an organisms body fluid detected by the osmoreceptors to maintain the homeostasis

Urea

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an organic compound formed by nitrogen and protein break down and is the main component of human urine

Excrete

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to eliminate or separate from the blood, tissues, or organs or from the active protoplasm

Ectotherm (poikilotherm)

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gaining body heat or adjusting to the temperature of depending on the environment

Endotherm ( homeotherm )

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an animal that regulates its own internal body temperature through metabolic processes.

Surface to volume ratio

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volume increases and surface area to volume decreases

Heredity

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the genetic heritage passed down by our biological parents

Mitosis

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a process where a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells

Asexual reproduction

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reproduction where a new offspring is produced by a single parent

Sexual production

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two new organisms combined by two different individuals

Hermaphroditic

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condition where you have female and male reproductive organs

Phylogeny

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evolution history and relationships between groups and organisms

Binomial nomenclature

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a system where naming organisms

Genus

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taxonomic group covering more than one species

Five kingdoms of life

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animal, plant, fungi, protist, and monera

Six kingdoms of life

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Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia