Eighth Grade

Agriculture

• A type of energy derived from renewable plant and animal materials or organic matter.

• the science or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock

• a toxic chemical that causes damage to an organism's DNA.

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Biofuel

• fuel from the wind

• life fuel

• A type of energy derived from renewable plant and animal materials or organic ma

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Bioremediation

• introduced microorganisms that break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean up a polluted site

• the science or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock.

• propagate (an organism or cell) to make an identical copy of

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Biotechnology

• A type of energy derived from renewable plant and animal materials or organic matter.

• a toxic chemical that causes damage to an organism's DNA.

• the application of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, especially the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones...

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Cells

• The basic unit of structure and function in living things. Cells can make products, be products themselves, or be used to do jobs.

• Unique DNA molecules that provide blueprints for cells to make proteins or carry out other life functions.

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Cloning

• a simple cell in the body that is able to develop into any one of various kinds of cells (such as blood cells, skin cells, etc.)

• a random change to a gene that results in a new trait.

• propagate (an organism or cell) to make an identical copy of

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DNA

• The basic unit of structure and function in living things. Cells can make products, be products themselves, or be used to do jobs.

• Stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. A type of molecule that carries instructions needed to make genes that produce traits of an organism.

• propagate (an organism or cell) to make an identical copy of

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Genes

• Unique DNA molecules that provide blueprints for cells to make proteins or carry out other life functions.

• a random change to a gene that results in a new trait.

• a simple cell in the body that is able to develop into any one of various kinds of cells (such as blood cells, skin cells, etc.)

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Mutation

• a toxic chemical that causes damage to an organism's DNA.

• a random change to a gene that results in a new trait.

• the action or process of regrowth; in particular the formation of new animal or plant tissue

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Stem Cells

• a toxic chemical that causes damage to an organism's DNA

• a simple cell in the body that is able to develop into any one of various kinds of cells (such as blood cells, skin cells, etc.)

• The basic unit of structure and function in living things. Cells can make products, be products themselves, or be used to do jobs.

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