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Georgia Milestones – Biology Exam Study Guide Solutions
chloroplast - ANSWER✔✔-An organelle that makes food from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide (plant cells only) cytoplasm - ANSWER✔✔-The gel-like material that surrounds the internal parts of the cell (both plant and animal) diffusion - ANSWER✔✔-Process that spreads substances through a gas or liquid from higher to lower concentration nucleus - ANSWER✔✔-A part of a cell that directs all cell activities and carries information for cell reproduction (both plant and animal) organelle - ANSWER✔✔-A structure that has a specific task within the cell osmosis - ANSWER✔✔-A type of diffusion that allows water to pass but not the solutes in the water organ - ANSWER✔✔-Two or more types of tissue that work together to perform a function (job) tissue - ANSWER✔✔-A group of cells with a common structure and function immune system - ANSWER✔✔-An organ system that fights disease and foreign agents infectious - ANSWER✔✔-A disease caused by organisms or viruses noninfectious - ANSWER✔✔-A disease caused by the malfunction of an organ system 1 / 2
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mitochondria - ANSWER✔✔-organelles that provide energy to the cell (both plant and animal) vacuoles - ANSWER✔✔-organelles that store water, food and waster (both plant and animal) cell membrane - ANSWER✔✔-the outer covering of the cell that controls what goes in and out of the cell (food, water, waste) cell wall - ANSWER✔✔-adds more support to a plant cell passive transport - ANSWER✔✔-when matter moves into or out of the cell without the cell using any energy active transport - ANSWER✔✔-when matter moves from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration; and using energy to do so cell division - ANSWER✔✔-when cells make copies of themselves by dividing in half thus making two cells from one (and it continues) chemical reaction - ANSWER✔✔-another term for chemical change solution - ANSWER✔✔-a mixture in which the particles are thoroughly mixed together inherit - ANSWER✔✔-to receive traits from parents through the DNA they give you DNA (deoxyribonulcleic acid) - ANSWER✔✔-molecules that make up chromosomes that contains the code for making proteins and determine inherited traits allele - ANSWER✔✔-different forms of a specific gene Ex: yellow or green (dominant or recessive) offspring - ANSWER✔✔-babies of parents behavior - ANSWER✔✔-a way of acting (it can be learned or inherited)
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