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Biology Chapter 1
Chapter 1 organisms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adaptation | when an organism changes to survive |
| asexual | offspring with one parent |
| DNA | found in cells, contains genetic information |
| Develop | change over time |
| digest | turn food into chemicals for cells |
| heredity | passing characteristics to offspring |
| homeostasis | an organism's need to stay the same |
| metabolism | how a body uses food |
| sexual reproduction | new organism from two parents |
| stimulus | makes an organism react |
| bacteria | single celled organism |
| consumer | organism that eats other living things |
| Producer | makes its own food |
| cell | smallest unit of life |
| energy | food |
| reproduction | offspring |
| decomposers | eats dead organisms |
| environment | shelter |
| water | cells contain mostly this |
| air | needed to breath |
| environment | shelter |
| oxygen | released by plants |
| primary | organisms that eat plants |
| secondary | organisms that eat primary consumers |
| tertiary | top of the food pyramid |
| pyramid | how energy is transferred from producers to tertiary |
| fungus | mold |