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Botany 01
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are Characteristics of living things? | Cells Sense and Respond to Change Reproduce have DNA Use Energy Grow and Develop |
| Stimulus | anything that causes a reaction or change in an organism |
| Response | Change in the Behavior of an Organism |
| Homeostasis | ability for an organism to maintain a constant state |
| Asexual Reproduction | only one parent; same genes and characteristics of that one parent |
| Sexual Reproduction | requires 2 parents; shares genes and characteristics of both parents |
| DNA | Controls the structure and function of cells |
| Metabolism includes | Ingestion of Food Digestion of Food Respiration (the process of getting energy from your food) excertion |
| Life Span | maximum length of time a particular organisim can be expected to live |
| ecology | study of interactions between the living and non- living things in the enviroment |
| Abiotic | NON Living Factors of an ecosystem |
| Biotic | Living Factors in an ecosystem |
| Enviroment | natural surroundings |
| Organsim | a living thing |
| population | a group of same organisims living together |
| community | many populations of different organisim |
| ecosystem | place that contains all non- living and living things |
| Botanty | the study of plants |
| zoology | the study of animals |
| What are nutriets used for? | Growth, repair, and energy |
| What do living things get from their enviroments? | Water, Nutriets, oxygen, carbon dioxide, shelter |