Taboo!

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Taboo!

• Vocabulary Review Game

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• Nucleus - The structure that directs all the cell
  activities. Also known as the brain of the
  cell.
• Taboo words brain, directs

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• Cell membrane - a structure that forms the outer
  boundary of all cells. It allows certain
  materials to move into and out of the cell.
• Taboo words move, boundary

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• Tissue - A group of similar cells that work
  together to do the same job
• Taboo words similar, together

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• Biogenesis - The idea that living things come
  only from other living things.
• Taboo words - living

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• Spontaneous generation - The idea that living
  things come from NON-living things.
• Taboo words living

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• Homeostasis - An organisms ability to keep the
  proper conditions inside and organism no matter
  what is going on outside the organism.
• Taboo words proper, ability

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• Cell - The smallest unit of an organism that
  carries on the functions of life.
• Taboo words organism, functions

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• Organism - Any living thing.
• Taboo words - living

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• Theory - An explanation of things or events based
  on scientific knowledge that is the result of
  many observations or experiments.
• Taboo words experiment, things

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• Hypothesis - A prediction that can be tested. (An
  educated guess).
• Taboo words guess

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• Scientific method - A series of procedures, or
  steps, used to solve a problem.
• Taboo words problem, steps

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• Kingdom The first and largest of the
  taxonomical categories.
• Taboo words first, categories

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• Taxonomy The science or study of the
  classification of living things.
• Taboo words living things

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• Binomial Nomenclature The two-word naming
  system used to give organisms their scientific
  name.
• Taboo words system, organisms

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• Genus 1st word in an organisms scientific
  name. Group of different organisms with similar
  characteristics.
• Taboo words organism, scientific

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• Dichotomous Key A tool used for identifying
  different organisms.
• Taboo words - tool

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• Classify To put similar things into groups.
• Taboo words similar, groups

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• Species 2nd word in an organisms scientific
  name. The smallest, most precise taxonomical
  category.
• Taboo words organism, smallest

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• Cytoplasm - the gelatin-like substance that fills
  up the inside of the cell.
• Taboo words gelatin, fills

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• Mitochondria - organelles that break down food
  and turn it into energy. Also known as the
  powerhouse of the cell.
• Taboo words food, powerhouse

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• Passive transport - The movement of substances
  through the cell membrane without the use of
  energy.
• Taboo words energy, substances

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• Diffusion - The random movement of molecules from
  where there are relatively more of them to where
  there are relatively fewer of them.
• Taboo words more, fewer

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• Osmosis - The diffusion of water through a
  membrane.
• Taboo words water

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• Respiration - Chemical reactions that occur using
  oxygen that break down food molecules and
  release energy
• Taboo words energy, food

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• Photosynthesis - When producers use light energy
  to make sugars, which can be used as food.
• Taboo words sugars, light

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• Asexual reproduction - A type of reproduction
  such as fission, budding, and regeneration in
  which a new organism is produced from one parent
  and has DNA identical to the parent.
• Taboo words reproduction, identical

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• Mitosis - The cell process in which the nucleus
  divides to form two nuclei identical to each
  other and identical to the original nucleus.
• Taboo words divides, identical

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• Diploid Normal body cells that have pairs of
  similar chromosomes.
• Taboo words pairs

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• Haploid - Sex cells that do not have pairs of
  chromosomes.
• Taboo words pairs

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• Chromosome - The structure in the cells nucleus
  that contains the genetic material.
• Taboo words nucleus, genetic

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• Gene - A section of DNA on a chromosome that
  contains instructions for making
• specific proteins and controlling specific
  traits.
• Taboo words DNA, traits

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• Allele - The different forms of a trait that a
  gene may have.
• Taboo words trait

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• Heredity - The passing of traits from parents to
  offspring.
• Taboo words offspring

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• Genetics - The study of how traits are inherited
  through the interactions of alleles.
• Taboo words traits

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• Dominant - A trait that dominates, or covers up,
  another form of that trait.
• Taboo words dominates

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• Recessive - A trait that is covered up, or
  dominated, by another form of that trait and
  seems to disappear.
• Taboo words disappear, covered

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• Genotype - An organisms genetic makeup.
• Taboo words genetic

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• Phenotype - The outward physical appearance and
  behavior of an organism.
• Taboo words physical

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• Homozygous - An organism with two alleles that
  are the same for a trait.
• Taboo words same

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• Invertebrate an organism without a backbone.
• Taboo words - bone

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• Heterozygous - An organism with two alleles that
  are different for a trait.
• Taboo words different

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• Gradualism - evolution as a slow change of one
  species to another
• Taboo words slow

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• Punctuated Equilibrium - rapid evolution with few
  intermediate forms.
• Taboo words - rapid

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• Variation - a trait that makes an individual
  different from other members of its species.
• Taboo words different

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• Vaccine - Preparation made from killed or damaged
  bacteria or viruses that can prevent someone from
  catching a disease.
• Taboo words prevent

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• Adaptation - a trait that makes an individual
  different and better than other members of its
  species.
• Taboo words better

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• Binary fission (or just fission) - Simplest form
  of asexual reproduction in which two new cells
  are produced with genetic material identical to
  each other and to the parent cell.
• Taboo words split, identical

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• Vertebrate an animal with a backbone.
• Taboo words back

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• Epidermis - The outer, thinnest layer of skin.
• Taboo words thinnest

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• Melanin - A pigment that protects your skin and
  gives it color.
• Taboo words pigment

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• Cardiac muscle - Muscles that are found only in
  the heart.
• Taboo words muscles

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• Parasitism - A symbiotic relationship that
  benefits one species and harms the other.
• Taboo words - harms

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• Symbiosis - Any close relationship between two
  species.
• Taboo words close

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• Skeletal system The human body system that
  provides shape, support and protection for the
  body.
• Taboo words system, support

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• Mutualism - A symbiotic relationship that
  benefits both species.
• Taboo words symbiotic, benefits

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• Energy Pyramid - A model showing the amount of
  energy available at each feeding level in an
  ecosystem.
• Taboo words pyramid, energy

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• Commensalism - A symbiotic relationship the
  benefits one species and does not affect the
  other.
• Taboo words symbiotic, affect

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• Mutualism - A symbiotic relationship that
  benefits both species.
• Taboo words symbiotic, both

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• Prokaryotic cell - Any cell that does not contain
  membrane bound organelles or a nucleus.
• Taboo words nucleus, cell

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• Population - All of the organisms of the same
  species living in an ecosystem
• Taboo words same, all

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• Digestive system The human body system that
  breaks down food into molecules small enough to
  be absorbed into the blood.
• Taboo words system, blood

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• Community - All of the populations in an
  ecosystem.
• Taboo words population

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• Biosphere - The part of Earth that supports life.
• Taboo words Earth

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• Habitat - The place where an organism lives.
• Taboo words lives

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• Ecosystem - All of the organisms living in an
  area and the nonliving features of their
  environment.
• Taboo words environment

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• Eukaryotic cell Any cell that contains membrane
  bound organelles and a nucleus.
• Taboo words nucleus, cell

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• Chloroplast The organelle in plant cells that
  convert sunlight energy into sugar.
• Taboo words Chlorophyll, sugar

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• Circulatory system The human body system that
  carries food and oxygen to the body cells.
• Taboo words system, blood

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• Consumer An organism that cannot make its own
  food and must eat to obtain energy.
• Taboo words food

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• Producer An organism that makes its own food.
• Taboo words - food