Definitions Flashcards
(82 cards)
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Active Site
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A specific part of an enzyme where the substrate binds and a reaction takes place.
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ADH
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Anti-Diuretic-Hormone, A hormone produced in the pitruatry gland that conrols the kidneys during osmoregulation and the volume and concentration of urine.
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Adult/Tissue Stem Cell
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Aerobic
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Aestethic
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Alelle
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Different forms of a gene.
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Anther
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Asexual Reproduction
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Bacteria
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Biodiversity
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The variety of living things.
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Bioremediation
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Bulbs
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Cancer
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Carnivore
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Cell
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Community
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All the different organisms living in a habitat.
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Consumer
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Continuous Variation
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Diabetes
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Discrete Variation
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Embryonic Stem Cell
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Egg
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The female gamete also known as an ova.
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Enzyme
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Equator
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Ethics
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Fermentation
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Fertilisation
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Forensics
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Fungi
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Gamete
A sex cell.
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Genes
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Genetic Engineering
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Genotype
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Glucagon
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Habitat
The place where an organism lives.
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Hair Erector Muscle
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Herbivore
An animal that eats only plants.
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Heterozygous
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Homozygous
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Hyperthermia
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Hypothalemus
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Hypothermia
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Insulin
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Kidneys
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Lead
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Life Cycle
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Liver
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Mitosis
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Monohybrid
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Niche
The role an organism plays in it's community.
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Nicotine
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Omnivore
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Ova
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Ovary
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Penis
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Pharming
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Phenotype
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Plasmid
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Pollen
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Population
All the members of a single species that live in a habitat.
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Predator
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Prey
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Producer
A green plant that makes it's own food and nutrients by photosynthesis.
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Product
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Respiration
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Rickets
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Runners
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Scurvy
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Seeds
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Sexual Reproduction
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Species
A group of organisms that can interbeed to produce fertile offspring.
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Sperm
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Sperm Duct
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Spindle Fiber
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Stigma
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Substrate
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Testes
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Transgenic Organisms
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Tubers
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Vasoconstriction
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Vasodialation
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Yeast
