Biology Glossary
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This glossary is strictly limited to terms originating from official NYSED materials such as standards and released test questions.
A
- abiotic factors
- acidity
- adaptation
- aerobic respiration
- allele
- amino acid
- anaerobic respiration
- anthropogenic changes
- Archaeopteris
- artery
- atmosphere
- atmospheric carbon dioxide
- ATP
- Australia
- avian dinosaurs
B
C
- C-enzyme
- calcium carbonate
- carbon
- carbon cycle
- carbon sequestration
- carbon-based molecule
- carbonic acid
- carrying capacity
- cell
- cell function
- cellular respiration
- chemical bonding
- chemical energy
- chemical process
- chloroplast
- chromosome
- circulatory system
- climate change
- codon chart
- coevolution
- Colorado
- common ancestry
- competition
- complex organism
- conservation
- conservation of energy
- conservation of matter
- cooperative behaviors
- coral bleaching
- coral reefs
- cultural impacts
D
- Devonian period
- disease
- dissolved carbon dioxide
- DNA
- DNA sequence
E
- ecological change
- ecosystem
- ecosystem disruption
- ecosystem resilience
- ecosystem scale
- ecosystem stability
- elastic tissue
- embryology
- endangered species
- energy flow
- energy pyramid
- energy transfer
- environmental change
- environmental factor
- environmental impacts
- environmental modeling
- environmental pressure
- environmental sustainability
- evolution
- extinction
F
G
- gene
- gene expression
- gene frequency
- genetic code
- genetic variation
- geologic sequestration
- geosphere
- glucose
- Great Barrier Reefs
- group behavior
H
- habitat destruction
- habitat loss
- heart rate
- herbivores
- herding
- heritable trait
- hierarchical organization
- homeostasis
- homologous structure
- human impact
- hydrocarbon backbone
- hydrogen
- hydrosphere
I
- impact event
- individual behavior
- inflammatory response
- inheritable variation
- inheritance pattern
- interdependence
- invasive species
J
K
- K-T extinction
L
- leaf fossil phases
- light energy
- limited resources
- limiting factor
M
- macromolecule
- mammals
- mass extinction
- matter
- matter cycle
- meiosis
- migration
- mitosis
- mRNA sequence
- multicellular organisms
- mutation
N
- natural selection
- negative feedback
- neural stimuli
- New Mexico
- nitrogen
- non-avian dinosaurs
- nutrient uptake
O
P
- pharynx
- photosynthesis
- photosynthesis reduction
- photosynthesizing organisms
- Pickles Coral Reef, Florida
- polyps
- population
- population shift
- positive feedback
- predation
- probability
- prostaglandin
- prostaglandin receptor
- protein
- protein synthesis
Q
R
- replication error
- reproduction
- reproduction potential
- resources
- respiration
- ribbon model
- root development
S
- schooling
- selection
- selection pressure
- selective breeding
- smooth muscle
- social impacts
- solar energy
- speciation
- species abundance
- species emergence
- stability and change
- stinging cell
- stomata response
- structure and function
- sugar
- survival
- system model
T
- tentacles
- tissue
- trait distribution
- transplanting
- trophic level
U
- urbanization
V
- variation
W
- water
X
Y
Z
- zooxanthellae
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