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Long-Toed Northwestern
Salamander Salamander
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Found in
southwestern
Washington
Lives in southern Washington
Lives in western Washington
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AN ANIMAL WHOSE EMBRYO DEVELOPS IN AN AMNION AND CHORION AND HAS AN ALLANTOIS;
A MAMMAL, BIRD, OR REPTILE.
THE PROCESS BY WHICH GREEN PLANTS AND SOME OTHER ORGANISMS USE SUNLIGHT TO
SYNTHESIZE FOODS FROM CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER. PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS
GENERALLY INVOLVES THE GREEN PIGMENT CHLOROPHYLL AND GENERATES OXYGEN AS A
BYPRODUCT.
A MICROSCOPIC SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISM THAT HAS NEITHER A DISTINCT NUCLEUS WITH A
MEMBRANE NOR OTHER SPECIALIZED ORGANELLES. PROKARYOTES INCLUDE THE BACTERIA
AND CYANOBACTERIA.
AN ORGANISM THAT IS ABLE TO FORM NUTRITIONAL ORGANIC SUBSTANCES FROM SIMPLE
INORGANIC SUBSTANCES SUCH AS CARBON DIOXIDE.
AN ORGANISM DERIVING ITS NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FROM COMPLEX ORGANIC
SUBSTANCES.
AN ORGANISM CONSISTING OF A CELL OR CELLS IN WHICH THE GENETIC MATERIAL IS DNA
IN THE FORM OF CHROMOSOMES CONTAINED WITHIN A DISTINCT NUCLEUS. EUKARYOTES
INCLUDE ALL LIVING ORGANISMS OTHER THAN THE EUBACTERIA AND ARCHAEBACTERIA.
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