Question | Answer |
What is a change that affects the activity of an organism? | stimulus |
What is the name for reproduction in which sex cells from two parents unite, producing offspring that share traits from both parents? | sexual reproduction |
What is reproduction that doesn't involve the union of sex cells? | asexual reproduction |
What is the passing of traits from one generation to the next? | heredity |
What is the total of all chemical activities performed by an organism? | metabolism |
What is the smallest unit that can perform all life processes? | cell |
What is the maintenance of a stable internal environment? | homeostasis |
What is the name for an organism that makes its own food? | producer |
What is the name for an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter? | consumer |
What is the name for an organism that breaks down the remains of dead animals or animal waste to get food? | decomposer |
What is the major energy-carrying molecule in the cell? | ATP |
What is a molecule made of sugars? | carbohydrate |
What is a molecule that is sometimes called the blueprint of life? | nucleic acid |
What is a large molecule made of amino acids? | protein |
What is the molecule that forms most of the cell membrane? | phospholipid |
What is an energy-storing compound that cannot mix with water? | lipid |
What type of carbohydrate is table sugar? | simple carbohydrate |
What is an organism that eats plants? | consumer |
What type of carbohydrate is a potato? | complex carbohydrate |
What are compounds like fat and oils that store energy? | lipids |
What is the compound to which carbohydrates and lipids transfer their energy? | ATP |
What system based on shared characteristics is used to classify organisms? | 7 level system |
What are the levels of classification in order? | kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
The scientific name for an organism comes from its _____ and _____. | genus and species |
What can you find by working through the statements of a dichotomous key? | the identity of an organism |
What is Carolus Linnaeus known for? | the founding of taxonomy |
For hundreds of years what 2 groups did people think living things belonged to? | animals and plants |
What is an example of a simple animal? | sponge |
How many kingdoms are there? | 6 |
What is the scientific name for the Asian elephant? | elephas maximus |
How many kingdoms of bacteria are there today? | 2 |
What does a dichotomous key consist of? | a series of paired statements |
What are found where other living things could not survive? | archaebacteria |
What can live in soil, water, or the human body? | eubacteria |
What are small, single-celled living things without nuclei? | bacteria |
Humans like you are _____. | systems |
In what kind of tissue does photosynthesis take place? | ground tissue |
A group of cells with the same function make up _____. | a tissue |
An organ consists of ______. | two or more tissues |
Why are most cells small? | their volume is limited by how large their surface area is |
What part of the cell helps keep the cell membrane from collapsing? | cytoskeleton |
What are all organisms made of? | cells |
What is the job of the lysosomes? | they digest food particles |
Where do al cells come from? | cells |
How are archaebacteria different than eubacteria? | archaebacteria have different ribosomes |
What does the golgi complex do? | packages and delivers proteins (UPS) |
Cellulose is found in ______. | plants |
What is the lowest level of organization? | cell |
Cells that are like each other and do the same job from a ______. | tissue |
What is a structure made of 2 or more tissues? | organ |
A group of organs working together forms an __________. | organ system |
What is a tiny round organelle made or protein and other material? | ribosome |
What is the name for the fluid inside the cell? | cytoplasm |
What are small bodies in a cell that are designed to perform specialized functions? | organelles |
What is the name for a cell with a nucleus? | eukaryote |
What is the name for a cell without a nucleus? | prokaryote |
What is the name for genetic material in cells? | DNA |
Where is DNA stored? | nucleus |
What is the process of chromosome separation? | mitosis |
What are the life stage of a cell? | cell cycle |
What are pairs of similar chromosomes? | homologous chromosomes |
What is the container for DNA? | chromosome |
What is the division of cytoplasm? | cytokinesis |
What is the movement of water through a membrane? | osmosis |
What is the movement of substances through a cell membrane without the use of energy? | passive transport |