Hon Bio
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Gen
- to make or generate
- Photo
- Light
- Cyto
- Cell
- Epi
- over, aside, above
- lysis
- to loosen or break apart
- poly
- (Greek) many
- di or bi
- 2
- exo or ecto
- outside
- endo
- inside
- omni
- all
- multi
- (Latin) many
- iso
- equal
- macro
- large
- -tonic
- referring to concentration
- diffusion
- movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
- microorganism
- small living thing
- microscope
- instrument used to see small things
- hypo
- under, beneath
- osmosis
- movement of water through membranes
- hyper
- over, above, excessive
- micro
- small
- cotyledon
- (seed leaf) embroyonic leaf in seed of plant
- meso or meta
- middle
- monocot
- one seed leaf
- therm
- heat or temperature
- diplo
- double
- saccharide
- sugar
- coelom
- body cavity
- chloro
- green
- anterior
- toward front or near end
- haplo
- single
- dicot
- two seed leaves
- radial
- circular; arranged like the radii of a circle
- latteral
- on the sides
- dermis
- skin
- dorsal
- on or near the back
- cerebral
- having to do with the brain
- posterior
- situated towardthe rear or tail
- ventral
- in or on the abdomen
- pneumo
- air (referring to lungs)
- pulmonary
- having to do with lungs
- renal
- refers to kidneys
- hepatic
- liver
- gastric
- having to do with the stomach
- arthropod
- jointed legs
- dioecious
- sexes in seperate organisms
- mutagen
- causing mutations
- teratogen
- causing birth defects
- antibiotic
- substance that destroys or weakens bacteria
- carcinogen
- cancer causing
- hermaphrodite
- organsim containing both male and female organs
- oste
- refers to bones
- pseudopod
- false foot
- trophic
- level on food pyramid
- consumer
- heterotroph
- helix
- a spiral
- producer
- autotroph; organism that forms bottom of food chain
- homologous
-
structures similar in embroyonic or evolutionary origin
ex: dolphin fin/shark fin - anaerobic
- absence of oxygen
- bioaccumulation
- increase in concentration of chemicals through the food chain
- deciduous
- shed leaves each year
- succession
- orderly changes in species in an ecosystem over time
- aerobic
- requiring oxygen
- analogous
-
structure similar in form or function but different in origin
ex: bats wings and bird wings - amphi-bio
- both lives
- lumen
- open area within tube
- amniote
- having a water-tight membrane
- peri
- around
- homeostasis
- maintenance of stable internal enviroment
- heme
- blood
- homeo
- alike or same
- ovo
- egg
- organic
- compound containing carbon
- hydro or aqua
- water
- amphi
- both
- pathogen
- disease causing agent
- homo
- (Latin) man
- tropism
- growth of plant toward or away from a stimulus
- para
- beside or near
- neuro
- nerves
- vector
- carrier
- inorganic
- not organic; chemical without carbon
- substrate
- supporting substance or later
- fission
- to split or divide
- vivi
- living
- con or co
- with
- soma or some
- body
- chromo
- color
- -ase
- ending found in name of enzymes
- -ose
- ending found in name of sugar
- ab
- off or away from
- pod or ped
- foot
- -itis
- inflammation
- ad
- toward
- a or an
- not or without
- auto
- self
- zoo
- animals
- antrop
- man
- enzyme
- protein that functions a catalyst
- synergy
- combination of 2 substances that produce a result greater than the sum of the parts
- catalyst
- substance that starts, stops, speeds up or slows down the rate of chemical reactions without being changed by the reaction
- biology
- study of life
- ecology
- relationship between organisms with each other and their enviroment
- symbiosis
- 2 different species living together in a long term relationship
- photosynthesis
- the process of converting light energy into food energy in living things
- -troph
- feeding
- autotroph
- self-feeder, organism that makes its own food
- heterotroph
- feeds from others; an organsim that must consume food
- herbivore
- plant eater
- carnivore
- flesh eater
- omnivore
- eats both plants and animals
- saprophyte or saprovore
- eats dead things; eats off of dead or decaying matter
- decomposer
- organism that breaks down organic material into simplar compounds
- predator
- an organism that must hunt and kill its food
- prey
- food of a predator
- parasite
- an organism that lives in or on another which is usually harmed but not killed
- host
- organism in which a parasite lives
- mutualism
- symbiotic relationship in which both partners benifit
- commensalism
- symbiotic relationship in which one partner benifits and the other is niether harmed or benifited
- circum
- around
- intra
- within
- inter
- between