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What is organism interactions?
Competition, predation, and symbiosis are all examples of
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What is gene flow?
Organisms of the same species are able to move back and forth between areas to increase the variation of the population through sexual reproduction
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What is covalently bonding?
Chemical bond between atoms that results from the sharing of a pair of electrons
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What is osmosis?
Diffusion of water across a membrane
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What is Mitosis?
The process by which the contents of the eukaryotic nucleus are separated into 2 genetically identical packages
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What is ecology?
The study of how organisms interact with their environment
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What is homologous structures?
Structures that have the same shape/form but are used differently
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What is polymers?
Monomers make this up
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What is solute?
Substance dissolved in a solvent to form a solution
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What is to reduce the number of chromosomes by half?
Goal of Meiosis
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What is biotic factors?
Trees, birds, and fish are all examples of
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What is natural selection?
The theory that any given generation, some individuals are more likely to survive and reproduce then others
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What are the four kinds of organic molecules?
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids are all examples of
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What is sodium-potassium pump?
The pump used in active transport
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What is sexual reproduction?
Reproduction that occurs through fusion of 2 gametes
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What is autotrophs?
Producers are also sometimes called
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Who is Charles Darwin?
The father of evolution
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What are electrons?
Subatomic particle that has almost no weight and has a negative charge
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What is endocytosis?
When molecules move toward the inside of the cell
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What is the result of Meiosis?
Process that results in 4 haploid cells
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What is biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, and individual?
List the largest to smallest levels of the ecosystem
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What is fossil evidence?
Links present day organisms to the common ancestors
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What is "lock and key"?
An enzyme and a substrate can be compared to a
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What does ATP stand for?
Stands for adenosine triphosphate
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What is G1?
Stage in the cell cycle about cells growth
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