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Cells & Living Thing
Cells and the 8 characteristics of living things
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prokaryotic Cells | Make up bacteria, small, no nucleus |
| Eukaryotic Cells | Animal, plants, fungi, and protists; large, has a nucleus |
| Cell | The basic unit of structure and function |
| Natural Selection | Survival of the fittest |
| Cell Theory | 1. All organisms are made of cells 2. All cells come from preexisting cells 3. The cell is the basic unit of structure and function |
| Levels of Organiztion | Smallest form to largest form (cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms) |
| Characteristics of Life | 8 characteristics that an organism has to meet to be considered living |