Honors Biology Exam
Has *ALL* terms we need to know! Chpts. 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12. ALL of them!
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- multicellualr
- an organism that is made of many cells
- adaption
- an inherited trait that helps an orgaism survive in it's environment
- producer
- organisms that make food that their ecosystems depend on
- population
- a localized group of organisms belonging to the same species
- domain
- the broadest category of classifying organisms
- organisms
- individual living things
- ecosystem
- the community of living things in an area
- inference
- a logical conclusion based on observations
- DNA
- the chemical responsible for inheritance
- natural selection
- a particular variation that causes an animal to live longer
- system
- a complex organization that has properties based on arrangement of it parts
- homeostsis
- the ability of an organism to regulate it's body temperature
- species
- a distinct form of life
- unicellular
- an entire organism that consists of one cell
- photosynthesis
- the process by which plants make food
- evolution
- a process of change, generation-to-genration
- data
- recorded observations
- biosphere
- consists of all the parts of the planet with living organisms
- generalization
- when scientists put together many observations to reach a general conclusion
- genes
- units of inherited information
- consumer
- organisms that conusme food made by their ecosystem
- prokaryotic
- cells without nuclei
- observation
- the use of the senses
- eukaryotic
- cells that contain nuclei, and separate DNA from the rest of cell
- cells
- life's basic units of structure and function