Severson Vocab Final 2024

The maintenance of a constant internal environment

• Homeostasis

• Thermoregulation

• Osmoregulation

• Metabolism

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

In genetics, this means a physical trait (not the combination of alleles)

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Allele

• Trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

This type of reproduction requires 1 parent to produce identical offspring

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• binary fission

• budding

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

This is a group of closely related species (also the 1st part of the scientific name) 1

• Genus

• Family

• Order

• Class

This is the process by which organisms that inherit beneficial traits tend to survive and reproduce more successfully

• natural selection

• genetic drift

• mutation

• gene flow

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

This type of cell does not contain a nucleus

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Virus

• Fungi

The type of cell division that results in 4 sex cells

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

• Binary Fission

• Budding

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

This structure is made of tightly packed DNA and protein

• Chromosome

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Mitochondrion

This process breaks down sugars and oxygen into carbon dioxide, water and ATP

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• fermentation

• glycolysis

This is the center of a eukaryotic cell that protects the DNA

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Mitochondria

• Ribosome

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2