EPR3503 terms

Unit 3 – LIFE SCIENCE

Key Term Definition Link

It’s a specialized cell division that https://www.livescience.com/52489-meiosis.html
Meiosis
1 produce reproductive cells.
The first stage of cell division in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophase
Prophase
2 mitosis and meiosis.
The process that divides the
duplicated genetic materials that
Metaphase is carried in the nucleus of a
parent cell into 2 identical https://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/metaphase
3 daughter cells.
The fourth phase where it ensures
Anaphase that each daughter cell receives an https://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/anaphase-
4 identical set of chromosomes
The final stage in cell division,
telophase which it reform around a new https://biologydictionary.net/telophase/
5 nuclei in the 2 dividing cells.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-interphase-
interphase The step where the cell cycle is quiz.html
6 preparing itself to duplicate
The process where a single cell
mitosis divides itself into 2 identical https://www.yourgenome.org/facts/what-is-mitosis
7 daughter cells
The molecule of the DNA is packed https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/basics/chromosome
Chromosome
8 into a thread like structures.
https://www.thoughtco.com/chromatid-373540
chromatid
9 Half of a cloned chromosome
The result of diploid replicating
haploid and dividing twice through https://www.thoughtco.com/haploid-cell-373467
10 meiosis.
2 completed sets of chromosomes https://www.thoughtco.com/diploid-cell-373464
diploid
11 that is contained in diploid cell.
A cell formed by the division of https://www.dictionary.com/browse/daughter-cell
Daughter cell
12 another cell
Cells that contains a nucleus and
Eukaryotic cell organelles that are confined by a https://biologydictionary.net/eukaryotic-cell/
13 plasma membrane
Prokaryotic Single-celled that are most https://www.thoughtco.com/prokaryotes-meaning-373
14 cell primitive forms of life on earth
Best known as the powerhouses
of the cell which the organelles
mitochondria that acts like the digestive system
and takes in nutrients and break http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_mito.html
15 them down and create energy.
Can be best described as any https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotic_component
Biotic factor
17 living component that affects
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another living thing or shapes the

ecosystem.
A condition or a climate that is
Abiotic factors bad which affects the ecosystem https://www.dictionary.com/browse/abiotic-factor
18 and the living things.
Renewable An energy source which can https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-renewab
energy source constantly be restored such as definition-example-quiz.html
19 (give example) sunlight, wind and water.
Non-
renewable An energy source that cannot be https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-renewab
energy source restored for a long period of time definition-example-quiz.html
20 (give example) such as coal and oil.
Threatened The Vulnerable species that are https://biologydictionary.net/threatened-species/
21 species under a threat of being extinct
Endangered The species which are most likely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species
22 species to become extinct in the future
Primary Plants that can convert light https://www.dictionary.com/browse/primary-producer
23 producer energy into an organic matter
An organism that can produce its https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/auto
Autotrophs
24 own food using sunlight
Primary Living things that feeds on https://biologydictionary.net/primary-consumer/
25 consumer primary producers
http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/si
Herbivore a-herbivore.html
26 Animals that eats only plants.
The thirds trophic level in the https://www.eartheclipse.com/biology/secondary-cons
Secondary food chain were the living things examples-functions.html
27 consumer feed on primary consumer
http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/si
Animals that feeds from other a-carnivore.html
28 Carnivores animals through killing
Animals that eats primary
Tertiary consumers and secondary
consumer consumers to get or obtain https://biologydictionary.net/tertiary-consumer/
29 nutrition
http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/si
Animals that eats both plants and an-omnivore.html
30 Omnivores other animals
https://www.reference.com/business-finance/quaterna
Quaternary
Animals that are placed at the top 1a869e019caeecb4
consumer
31 of the food chain
The pattern of transfers of matter https://www.britannica.com/science/food-chain
Food chain
32 and energy in the form of food
https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/fo
Food web Represents the feeding and-applications-84077181/
33 relationships in a community
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A process that is used by plants to

Photosynthesis absorb energy from the sunlight
(give the and turn it into a chemical energy.
definition and 6CO2 + 12H2O + Light Energy
include a word → C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
equation) https://www.livescience.com/51720-photosynthesis.ht
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Is a biochemical process in which
Respiration the cells obtain energy
(give the
definition and
include a word https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-respiration
equation) process-equation.html
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