Regents Exam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Digestion | Break down the food to receive nutrients |
| Excretion | Removes waste from the body. |
| Nutrition | The process by which organisms take in and utilize food material. |
| Respiration | The organism take in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide. |
| Ingestion | To take,as food,into the body. |
| Mitosis | The division of sex cells. |
| Differentiation | The process by which cells or tissues undergo a change toward a more specialized form or function,especially during embryonic development. |
| Meiosis | The process of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the number of chromosomes in reproductive cells from diploid to haploid. |
| Diploid | Having a pair of each type of chromosome, so that the basic chromosome number is doubled. |
| Haploid | Having a single set of chromosomes. |
| Organic | Designating carbon compounds. |
| Inorganic | Relating to compounds not containing hydrocarbon groups. |
| Diffusion | The spontaneous intermingling of the particles of two or more substances as a result of random thermal motion. |
| Active Transport | The movement of a chemical substance through a gradient of electrical potential in the direction opposite to normal diffusion,requiring the expenditure of energy. |
| Replication | The process by which genetic material,a single-celled organism,or a virus reproduces or makes a copy of itself. |
| Cellular Respiration | The series of metabolic processes by which living cells produce energy through the oxidation of organic substances. |
| Acid | Having a pH of less than 7. |
| Chromatography | Any of various techniques for the separation of complex mixtures that uses a stationary adsorbing medium through which they pass,such as paper,gelatin,or magnesia. |
| ATP | An adenosine-derived nucleotide,C10. |
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