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2.2&2.3
science flash cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organisim | living thing |
| cell | unit of basic structure |
| unicellular | a single cell organisim |
| multicellular | a many celled organisim |
| stimulus | a change that makes an organisims surrounding that makes it react |
| response | an action or change in behavior |
| development | a change to create a more complex organisim |
| spontaneous generation | the mistaken idea that living things can come from noniving things |
| autotroph | living things that make their own food |
| heterotroph | living things that can't make their own food |
| homeostasis | internal conditioning |
| cassification | grouping of similar things |
| taxonomy | the study of how living things are classified |
| benomail numeclature | 2 part naming system |
| genus | first part of scientific name |
| spicies | second part of scientific name |
| prockary | organisims whose cell lacks a nucleus |
| nucleus | a dense area in a cell that contains nucliec acids |
| eukayote | an organisim who contains cells with two nuclei |
| cell | a part of a organisim that carries out functions |
| microscope | a machine that magnifies |
| cell theory | a theoty that explains the relationship between an organisim and its cells |
| organelle | a structureinside a cell |
| cell wall | a rigid layer of nonliving maferial that surrounds a cell |
| cell membrane | a structure that seperates the cell from its enviroment |
| cyroplasam | a liquid inbetween the cell membrane and wall |
| mitochondria | a structure that converts food into energy |
| endolasmic reticulum | a structure that carries protiens |
| ribosome | a grainy body in a cell |
| gologi body | a sructure that recivies protiens |
| chlorphlast | a structure in a plant cell that converts energy into food |
| vacuoles | a storage area for the cell |
| lysosomes | a structure that breaks certain ,materials in a cell |