Pass Glossary

Organisms who receive their energy by consuming other organisms.

• Chloroplast
• Heterotroph
• Autotroph
• Phototropism

The part of a cell that contains the chromosomes (wound up DNA) in eukaryotic cells.

• Chloroplasts
• Cell Wall
• Nucleus
• Homeostasis

The genetic code for all of your traits.

• Nucleus
• DNA
• Chloroplast
• Recessive gene

The organelle inside a plant cell that converts sunlight into energy.

• Chloroplast
• Photosynthesis
• Parasite
• Cell Wall

The part of a plant cell that is rigid & permeable.

• Chloroplast
• Turgor Pressure
• Cell Wall
• Phototropism 

The term used to define a cell that has a nucleus containing DNA.

• Prokaryote
• Eukaryote
• Autotroph
• Homeostasis

A force exerted outward on a cell wall by the water contained on a cell.

• Turgor Pressure
• Adaptation
• Cell Wall
• Photosynthesis

The building up of an ecosystem after lava or glaciers have left nothing but rock.

• Secondary Succession
• Primary Succession 
• Natural Selection
• Adaptation

A cell without a nucleus.

• Eukaryotic
• Prokaryotic
• Heterotroph

Organisms who receive energy from dead or decaying matter.

• Prokaryotic
• Omnivore
• Heterotrophic
• Decomposers