Mid Term Flashcards

(59 cards)

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Biodiversity

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The variety of life in the world

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External

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The outward feature of something

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Internal

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Inner parts or feature

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Environmental Factors

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Any external elements that affect living organisms including people and plants

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Extinct

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A species having no living members; no longer in existence

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Evolve

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Adapting to environments by gaining favorable traits from an organism and being able to survive and reproduce

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Adapt

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Evolving to an environment

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Natural selection

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A process where organisms that are best suited to their environment survive and reproduce

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Predator

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An animal that naturally preys on others

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Prey

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An animal that is caught and killed by another for food

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Competition

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The activity of condition of competing

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Pesticides

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A substance or mixture of substances that kill pests

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Constraint

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A limitation or restriction in terms of evolution

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Explanation

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A statement or account that makes something clear

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Fact

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A thing that is known or proved to be true

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Opinion

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A view or judgment formed about something.

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Evidence

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information indicating wether a belief or proposition is true of valid

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Claim

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State or assert that something is the case

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Emergence

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Behaviors that can arise out of complex systems

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Revise

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Re-examine and make alterations

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Argument

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A way to keep your case strong

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Minimize

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Reduce to the smallest possible amount

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Maximize

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Make as large of great as possible

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Indirect

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Not direct or straight foward

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Direct
Straight forward
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Respiration
The process of exchanging O2 and CO2 in the body
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CO2
Carbon dioxide
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H20
Water
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O2
Oxygen
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Glucose
The main sugar found in your blood
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Photosynthesis
The process by which plants, algae and some bacteria use sunlight to convert CO2, H2O, and UV light into C6H12O6 and O2 for creating its own food
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ATP
Energy
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Chloroplast
Organelles only in plant cells that convert light into energy and food
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Mitochondria
Small organelles in eukaryote cells that convert O2 and C6H12O6 into ATP, H20, and CO2 for nutrients
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Asexual Reproduction
One organism produces offspring that are genetically identical to itself
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Sexual Reproduction
2 organisms produces offspring that share DNA
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Favorable traits
Characteristics that help organisms survive and reproduce
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Ancestors
The individuals from whom you are biologically descended from
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Related
Connecting to the same groups or type
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Geosphere
The solid Earth
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Atmosphere
The layer of gases around the Earth
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Biosphere
The regions of the surface occupied by living organisms including all land and water environments
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Hydrosphere
The total amount of water on a planet including on the surface, underground, and in the air
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Fossil
the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
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Carbon cycle
describes the continuous movement of carbon atoms between the Earth and its atmosphere
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Autotrophic nutrients
the process by which organisms create their own food using inorganic substances like water, carbon dioxide, and mineral salts
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Nervous
relating to or affecting the nerves.
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Respiratory
The way we breath
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Digestive
relating to the process of digesting food.
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Circulatory
a network of blood vessels and the heart that moves blood throughout the body
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Immune
totally or partially resistant to a particular infectious disease or pathogen.
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Reproduction
the production of offspring by a sexual or asexual process.
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Urinary
organs that produce and remove urine from the body.
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Efficient
achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
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Inefficient
not achieving maximum productivity; wasting or failing to make the best use of time or resources.
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Numerical
Being expressed by numbers
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Feedback
a response that influences the activity of a system, such as a cell, molecule, or organism
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Mass extinction
When a group of different species die off and don’t exist
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Merit
the quality of being good or deserving of praise or reward