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Biology for Secondary Schools



              Sporangia                                 Taxon
                  spore-producing organs of fungi          a group into  which organisms
                   and some plants                        are  classified  based  on  shared
              Spore                                       characteristics
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                  Reproductive  cells  in  fungi  and   Taxonomy
                   some plants                               the field of Biology that deals with
              Specialised cell                            classifying organisms
                    a  cell  that  performs  a  specific   Temperature
                   function                                 the degree of hotness or coldness

                Specimen                                  of an object or environment
                    an organism, part of a body of an   Tissue
                   organism, or any object  used for      a group of cells working together
                   scientific study                       to perform a specific function
                Stimulus                                Theory

                    anything  or condition in  the         ideas   intended    to   explain
                   environment  that  causes  an          something or a cause of something
                   organism to respond (plural is       Unicellular organisms
                   stimuli)                                    single-celled organisms
                Sting                                    Vitamin

                    Piercing,  needle-like  structure       complex  organic  micronutrients
                   found in bees, hornets, and wasps      essential for the body wellbeing
                Stomata                                   and protection against diseases
                    tiny pores in the epidermis of      Xylem
                   leaves that allow gaseous exchange       tissue made  up of vessels and
                   and transpiration to occur in plants   tracheid  that transport water and

                                                          minerals in vascular plants




















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