Question | Answer |
bio | life |
ology | study of |
marine | ocean |
ist | person |
herpe | reptile |
bota | plants |
ocean | ocean |
graphy | to chart |
ornith | birds |
ichty | fish |
re | again |
astro | space |
scientist use | method |
scientific methods | the way in which scientist follow steps to answer questions and solve problems |
hypothesis | is a possible explanation or answer to a question |
living things have | cells |
cell | the basic unit of life |
unicellular | means one cell |
multicellular | means many cells |
living things sense and respond to _____ | stimuli |
stimuli | a change that affects the activty of an organism |
homeostasis | to mantain a stable internal condition |
all living things ______ | reproduce |
asexual reproduction | you repduce with one parent |
sexual reproduction | 2 parent off spring |
all living thing have | dna |
dna stands for | deoxyribonuleic replaic acid |
heredity | passing of trates from one geration to the next |
metabolism | the sum of all the chemical reactions in your body |
adaptation | to make organisms suitable to a way of life |
the organism needs _______, ________, _______, and ________ | food water air shelter |
cells are made up of approxitmately _____% water | 70 |
you cAn go ___ days without water | 3 |
most chemical reactions require _____ | water |
you can go ______ weeks without food | 3 |
producers | organisms that makes its own food |
hetero | different |
______ is another name for producers | autotroph |
consumers | they depend on other organisms for food |
auto | self |
troph | feed |
______ is another name for consumers | heterotroph |
de | down |
decomposers | get food by breaking down dead organisms or animal waste |
molecule | two or more atoms put together |
compound | two or more different molecules put together |
organic | living or once living |
inorganic | never living |
macromolecule | very large molecules |
there are ___ different amino acids | 20 |
enzyms | speed up chmemical rections |
_____ makes animals crunchy | chitin |
herbivores | eat plants |
carnivores | eat meat |
omnivores | eat plants and animals |