Unit 3 Roots Flashcards
(125 cards)
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Acetyl
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Name of a chemical group
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Acid
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A property of some chemicals
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Adip/o
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Fat
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Aero
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Air
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Alcohol
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The name of a chemical group (alcohols end in the suffix “ol”)
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Alkali
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A property of some chemicals
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Allele
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One form of a gene (unit of inheritance)
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Apex
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Tip; highest point
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Astro
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Star
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Bios
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Life
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Base
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Bottom; the lowest point
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Blast/o
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Rapidly dividing cell
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Body
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Large molecule
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Bol
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Throw (forward movement)
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Carbo
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Carbon, an element in all living things
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Cell
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Unit of life; mixture of chemicals and organelles bounded by a membrane
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Centri
Centro
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Center
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Chondrion
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Grain
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Chrom/at/o
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Color
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Cilia
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Eyelash
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Code
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Letters that contain a sometimes hidden meaning
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Coll
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Glue
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Column
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A shape higher than it is wide
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Crine
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Secretion; release from cells or from the body
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Cub[e]
A shape of equal height and width
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Dendr/o
Tree
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Diffus
Pouring out
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Dominant
Showing a quality of there is only one copy (of a gene)
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Dynam
Power, energy
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Elast[ic]
Capable of being stretched and snaps back into place when released
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Electr/o
Related to electricity
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Ergon
Energy
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Erythro
The color red
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Ester
The name of a chemical group
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Estrus
Reproductive cycle in female non-human mammals
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Ethane
Name of a chemical group
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Expressed
Being shown
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Fibro
Fiber
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Filament
A thread
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Fruct
Fruit
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Gamete
A cell needed for reproduction
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Gen
Geno
Genet
Birth (dealing with inheritance)
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Glia
Glue
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Glob
Wad, pertaining to shape of a protein
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Glycerine
Sweet, sticky chemical
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Goblet
Drinking vessel which holds large amount of liquid
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Guano
Bat poop
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Hist/o
Tissue
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Immuno
Body defenses against microorganisms
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Insula
Island
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Ion
Particle which carries an electrical charge
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Kalium
Latin name for element potassium
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Kary/o
The cell nucleus
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Keto
Name of a chemical group
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Kin/e
Movement, also used to describe addition of a phosphate chemical group
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Lact
Milk
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Lamina
Thin plate, sheet
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Lariat
A loop
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Leuk/o
The color white
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Ligand
A molecule that attaches to a receptor
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Lymph/o
Vessels that drain fluid from around the cells
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Lyse
Lyso
Breakdown
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Lyze
Process of breaking down
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Magnet
Substance which attracts other magnetic substances
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Malt
Grain that has been steeped, germinated and dried
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Mei
Less
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Mer
Mere
A part
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Mito
Thread
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Mole
Word describing a unit in chemistry
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Nat[rium]
Latin word for element sodium
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Natur/e
State something was born in
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Neo
New
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Nucleus
Nucle
Nucleo
Nucleot
Center of an atoms or cell
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Organ
Instrument
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Osmos
Pushing, thrusting
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Oxi
Oxy
Shortened for element oxygen
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Path
Feeling, suffering
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Pen[dere]
Hang
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Pept
Peptido
Protein
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Per
Large amount of
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Phage
Phago
Eat
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Phase
Stage, appearance
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Pheno
Shine, appearance
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Phil
Love
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Phob
Fear
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Phospho/r
Element phosphorus and related chemical groupings
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Phot
Light
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Pino
Drink
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Plasm
Something molded, plastic or dough
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Ploid
Fold, numbered
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Pol[e]
One end of a round object as in North Pole and South Pole
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Port
To carry, a door
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Prim
First
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Prosta[te]
Gland in male that surrounds the urethra
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Prot
Prote
Proteo
First, original, class of molecules that are essential for life
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Ptosis
Drooping
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Receptor
A protein on the surface of a cell that turns a chemical on the outside to a signal on the inside of the cell
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Recess
Showing a quality if there are two copies (of a gene)
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Ret[e]
Net, network
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Ribose
Name of a chemical group found in cells
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Script
Writing
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Secre
Set apart, release
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Sol
Solut
Dissolve
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Soma
Somat
Somato
Some
Body
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Son
Sound
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Squam
A shape wider than it is high
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Ster
A solid, chemical that is solid at room temperature
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Stratum
Layer
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Sucr
Sugar
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Surf[ace]
Outside part
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Test[is]
Male testicle
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Thel
Nipple
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Thermo
Temperature
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Thromb/o
Clot
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Thym[us]
An organ of upper chest
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Ton
Firmness (tissues or muscle)
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Top[os]
Place
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Translation
Carry across
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Trop
Turning towards
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Tub[e]
Pipe
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Type
Kind
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Valence
Strength
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Vesic
Bladder
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Villus
Hair
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Zyme
Yeast, ferment
