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absorption: how nutrients get to cells
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assimilation: changing food into you
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autotroph: self feeder, nutritionally independent
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autotrophic organisms: plants, fungus, yeast
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binary fission: cells splitting in 2
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budding: a small cell begins growing off another one
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chemical energy: enables you to move your muscles
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chemical equation for glucose: C6H12O6
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chemical equation for photosynthesis: 6(CO2) + 6(H2O) >>>>(light)>>>>C6H12O6 + 6(O2)
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chemical equation for respiration: C6H12O6 >>>> energy + 6(CO2) + 6(H2O)
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digestion: the breakdown of complex foods into simple foods
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egg: female sex cell, made by ovaries
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enzymes: help break things down
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enzymes: chemicals that help things break down
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excretion: getting rid of waste
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food getting: how organisms make/get food
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gamete: sex cell, made by gonads
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heterotroph: other feeder, nutritionally dependent
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hormones: cause changes in the body
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how animals absorb nutrients: through cell's cell membrane
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how animals excrete: kidney(urine), skin(sweat), lungs (CO2), large intestine (feces)
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how one-celled organisms excrete: contractile vacuole
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how plants absorb nutrients: through roots and leaves
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how plants excrete: leaves
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locomotion: changing location
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motion: changing position
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pollen: male sex cell in plants, made by stamen
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reasons for eating: energy, growth, repair and replacement
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reproduction: living organisms making more of themselves
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respiration: breathing, breaking down glucose
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response: an organism's response to stimulus
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secretion: the production of chemicals necessary for life, come from glands
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sensitivity: awareness of the environment
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simple form of carbohydrates: glucose-gives energy
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simple form of lipids: glycerol, fatty acid-2x the energy of glucose
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simple form of protein: amino acids-grow and replace cells
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sperm: male sex cell in animals, made by testis
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spores: cells in suspended animation
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stimulus: environmental influence
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tropism: a plant's response to stimulus (phototropism, hydrotropism, geotropism)
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vegetative reproduction: a piece breaks off and will grown on its own
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zygote: egg that has been fertilized by sperm/pollen