Science part 2
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- Glucose
- a simple sugar that carbohydrates in the body are broken down
- Cold Blooded
- body temp does not really matter or change in any enviroments
- Homeostatis
- ability of an organism to keep conditions inside its body the same even though conditions in its external enviroment change
- Oil
- energy rich compound that is liquid at room temperature
- Nucleic Acid
- very large organic compunds store info that helps the body make proteins
- Carbohydrate
- Energy rich substance found in foods such as vegtables,cereal grains,breads,sugars,and starches
- Element
- pure substances that cannot be seperated into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes
- Amino Acids
- building block of protein
- Carbon Dioxide
- a product you exhile and what plants use to make food
- Compound
- two or more elements chemically combined
- Asexual Reproduction
- reproduction requiring only one parent *tree bud*
- Warm Blooded
- animals that contain a constant body temperature
- DNA
- nucleic acid that stores the info needed to build proteins and carries genetic info about an organism
- Sun
- the primary source of energy for most living things
- Enzyme
- a special type of protein that regulates chemical activities in the body
- Water
- a compound that contains only hydrogen and oxygen and needed for most living things to stay alive
- Organic Compound
- compound found in living things that contains the element carbon
- Competition
- the struggle among living things to get the proper amount of food,water,and energy
- Energy
- what all living things need to function and stay alive
- Fat
- energy rich compound made of carbon,hydrogen,and oxygen thats is also solid
- RNA
- nucleic acid that "reads" the genetic info carried by DNA and guides the protein making process
- Proteins
- substance used to build and repair cells made up of amino acids