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Webcytology was created for ThinkQuest 1999.

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A

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acid
activation energy
active site
active transport
adenine
aerobe
aerobic respiration
algae
allosteric factor
amino acid
amoeba
anaerobe
anaerobic respiration
anaphase
atom
 atomic mass
atomic number
ATP
autotroph
axial filaments

 

B

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bacteria
basal body
base
bilayer
biology
buffer

 

C

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Calvin cycle
carbohydrate
carbon
carbon dioxide
carrier protein
catalyst
cell
cell cycle
cell membrane
cell plate
cell theory
cell wall
cellulose
centrioles
centromere
 chemical reaction
chemiosmosis
chemistry
chlorophyll
chloroplast
chromatin
chromoplast
chromosome
cilia
cleavage furrow
codon
coenzyme
competitive inhibitor
compound
concentration
 concentration gradient
conjugation
conservative replication
contractile vacuole
covalent bond
crystae
cyclosis
cytokinesis
cytology
cytoplasm
cytosine
cytoskeleton

 

D

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dehydration synthesis
denaturation
deoxyribose
diffusion
disaccharide
dispersive replication
DNA

 

E

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electron
electron transport chain
element
endergonic reaction
endocytosis
endoplasmic reticulum
endosymbiotic hypothesis
energy
enzyme
ethanol
eukaryote
exergonic reaction
exocytosis

 

F

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facilitated diffusion
fermentation
flagella
frame shift mutation
fruiting body
functional group

 

G

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glucose
glyceraldehyde phosphate
glycolysis
Golgi body
grana
guanine

 

H

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heterotroph
histone
hydrogen peroxide
hydrolysis
hydrophobic

 

I

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induced-fit hypothesis
intermediate filament
interphase
ion
ionic bond
isotope

 

K

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kinetochore
kingdom
Krebs cycle

 

L

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lactic acid
leucoplast
lignin
lipid
lysosome

 

M

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metaphase
microfilament
microtrabeculae
microtubule
middle lamella
mitochondrion
mitosis
molecular formula
molecule
monosaccharide
mRNA
mutation

 

N

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neutron
nitrogenous base
noncompetitive inhibitor
noncyclic electron flow
nonpolar molecule
nuclear membrane
nuclear pore
nucleolus
nucleosome
nucleotide
nucleus

 

O

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Okazaki fragment
organelle
organic molecule
organism
osmosis
osmotic potential
oxaloacetic acid
oxygen

 

P

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paramylum
parasite
passive transport
pectin
pellicle
peptide bond
peptidoglycan
peroxisome
pH scale
phagocytosis
phospholipid
photophosphorylation
photosynthesis
photosystem
phylum
 pinocytosis
point mutation
polar molecule
polysaccharide
primary cell wall
product
prokaryote
promoter
prophase
protein
proton
protozoan
pseudopod
purine base
pyrenoid body
 pyrimidine base
pyruvic acid

 

R

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reactant
ribose
ribosome
ribulose diphosphate
RNA
rough endoplasmic reticulum
rRNA

 

S

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secondary cell wall
semiconservative replication
sister chromatids
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
spindle fibers
stigma
stroma
structural formula
substrate

 

T

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telophase
termination signal
thylakoid
thymine
transcription
translation
tRNA

 

U

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unicellular
uracil

 

V

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vacuole
vesicle

 

W

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water potential


 

 

ThinkQuest Team #27819 - 27819@for.net
Team: Andrew Kallem, Josh Tauberer
Coaches: Ms. Acerra, Mr. Kwitkin