Biology Vocab

1. any process that living things use to actively maintain fairly stable conditions necessary for survival.

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Independent variable

• A macromolecule made up of amino acid chains, it is responsible for changing the rate of chemical reactions and regulating cell processes.

• The variable that the scientist is changing or manipulating. 

• a statement that describes an observable occurrence in nature that appears to always be true

• a molecule that an enzyme reacts with

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The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.

• Decomposition

• Autotroph

• Photosynthesis

• Abiotic

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The unrestricted growth of a population of organisms, occurring when resources in its habitat are unlimited

• Limiting Factor

• Exponential Growth

• Carrying Capacity

• Food Chain

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Organisms that can make their own food from basic

nutrients and sunlight

• Heterotroph

• Population

• Autotroph

• Biotic

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The diversity of living things

• Abiotic

• Food Web

• Population

• Biodiversity

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The size of a population that can be supported

indefinitely by the resources of a given ecosystem

• Limiting Factor

• Carrying Capacity

• Population

• Sustainability

Organisms which eat/feed off others

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Abiotic

• Biotic

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Food chains which interlock with each other to form a

feeding relationship

• Population

• Food Web

• Biodiversity

• Population

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All the interacting parts of a biological community and its

environment

• Sustainability

• Population

• Ecosystems

• Food Webs

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