chapter 6 Flashcards
(9 cards)
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an organism that converts light energy to usable energy
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autotroph
2
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an organism that obtains energy from other organisms
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heterotroph
3
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the place within an ecosystem where an organisms live ; provides the biotic and antibiotic factors an ecosystem needs to survive and produce.
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habitat
4
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a naming system that gives each organism a two word scientific name
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binomial nomenclature
5
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a group of organism
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taxon
6
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a cell that does not have a nucleus or other membrane bound organelles
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prokaryotic cell
7
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a cell that has a nucleus or other membrane bound organelles
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eukaryotic cell
8
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a liquid part of a cell inside membrane ; contains salts and other molecules
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cytoplasm
9
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an organelle that breaks down food and releases energy
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mitochondrion
