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1. 'A phase of the virus life cycle during which the virus replicates within the host cell, releasing a new generation of viruses when the infected cell lyses'

2. Animal or plant on which or in which another organism lives

3. The area on and around Earth where life exists

4. A form taken by certain microbes that enables them to exist in a dormant stage. It is an asexual reproductive cell

5. A type of endocytosis in which a cell engulfs large particles or whole cells

6. 'Any of 20 basic building blocks of proteins--composed of a free amino (NH2) end, a free carboxyl (COOH) end, and a side group (R)'

7. The process by which light energy is converted to chemical energy stored in organic molecules

8. 'A haploid sex cell, egg or sperm, that contains a single copy of each chromosome'

9. 'A single-celled, microscopic prokaryotic organism'

10. 'A substance that kills harmful organisms (e.g., an insecticide or fungicide)'

11. The division of cytoplasm of one cell into two new cells

12. A method of determining the age of fossils by comparing them to other fossils in different layers of rock

13. An outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads widely and rapidly

14. A geographic area characterized by specific kinds of plants and animals

15. 'Any nonliving component of an ecosystem (e.g., sunlight, air, water, soil)'

16. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other

17. 'Alternate forms of a gene or DNA sequence, which occur on either of two homologous chromosomes in a diploid organism'

18. The property of sticking together; like substances sticking together

19. The sequential replacement of population in a disrupted habitat

20. The replication of a cell to form two daughter cells with identical sets of chromosomes

21. Summarizes interactions of matter and energy at each trophic level

22. The kinetic energy required to initiate a chemical reaction

23. The close association of two or more dissimilar organisms where the association is advantageous to one and doesn't affect the other(s)

24. The wide diversity and interrelatedness of earth organisms based on genetic and environmental factors

25. 'The complete genetic material contained in an individual; the genetic complement contained in the chromosomes of a given organism, usually the haploid chromosome state'