What carries the information that determines your traits?
gene
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What is the movement of particles from where there are more to where there are less?
diffusion
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What is the first step in cell division where the cell gets ready to split, and the DNA inside condenses (becomes thicker) and becomes visible as chromosomes?
prophase
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What is the process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions?
cellular respiration
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What is the process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food?
photosynthesis
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What is a stage of mitosis or meiosis in which the chromosomes move from the center toward the opposite ends of a dividing cell?
anaphase
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lifesaver
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shark
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banana
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What is water moving from a place with lots of water to a place with less water, through a special wall (like a cell wall)?
osmosis
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What is is when molecules move across a cell membrane from a lower concentration to a higher concentration?
active transport
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What is a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information?
meiosis
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What is is the final step of cell division (mitosis or meiosis) where the cell prepares to split into two, with a new nucleus forming around each set of chromosomes?
telophase
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gift
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What are the cells that have not differentiated, or become specialized?
stem cell
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What is the process by which a cell discharges material by enclosing it in a vesicle which fuses with the cell membrane?
exocytosis
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What is the process of cell division, during which one cell gives rise to two identical daughter cells?