Week 28 Vocab Words Flash Cards

an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form

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• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Habitat

The smallest basic unit of life, meaning it's the tiny building block that makes up all living things, from plants and animals to bacteria

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• Atom

• Molecule

• Organism

What is a single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles, meaning its genetic material floats freely within the cell, and is typically found in bacteria and archaea domains of life?

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• Prokaryote

• Virus

• Fungi

the arrangement or organization of parts within an object or living thing, essentially describing how something is made up and put together

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• Function

• Process

• Element

the ability of an organism to maintain a stable internal environment, or balance, despite changes in its external environment

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• Metabolism

• Adaptation

• Evolution

the organized structure within a living organism, where individual cells group together to form tissues, which then combine to create organs, and ultimately form an entire organism

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• Tissue Formation

• Organ System

• Organismal Structure

a type of cell that has a distinct nucleus surrounded by a membrane, along with other specialized internal structures called organelles, which are also membrane-bound, allowing for compartmentalized functions within the cell; essentially, it's a complex cell found in organisms like plants, animals, fungi, and protists

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• Eukaryotic cell

• Bacterial cell

• Archaea cell

a group of similar cells that perform a specific function

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• Organ

• Organism

• System

a structure in a plant or animal that is composed of different kinds of tissues that perform a specific function or group of functions

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• Cell

• Tissue

• System

Organs are grouped into _________ _______, in which they work together to carry out a particular function for the organism.

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• organ systems

• cellular structures

• biological units