| asexually | Reproducing without sex, by fissioning or budding. Compare with sexually.
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| inorganic | A molecule not containing carbon. Compare with organic.
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| organic | Molecules that are part of living organisms. They are based on the chemistry of carbon and contain mostly hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen. Even carbon-based molecules that are not found in living things are sometimes referred to as organic. Compare with inorganic.
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| Pangea | The supercontinent that included parts of all present-day landmasses. It formed around 280 mya and began breaking up around 200 mya.
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| photosynthesis | The process by which plants manufacture their own nutrients from carbon dioxide and water, using chlorophyll as a catalyst and sunlight as an energy source.
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| plate tectonics | The movement of the plates of the earth's crust, caused by their interaction with the molten rock of the earth's interior. The cause of continental drift.
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| sexually | Reproducing by combining genetic material from two individuals. Compare with asexually.
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| vertebrates | Organisms with backbones and internal skeletons.
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