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Living Organisms
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are characteristics of all living things? | They reproduce, they can grow, they respond to changes in the environment, and they keep their internal environment unchanged. |
| What are prokaryotes also known as? | Bacteria |
| Prokayote | is an organism whose cells lack a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. |
| What is a heterotroph? | is an organism that must consume other organisms in order to obtain energy. |
| what are autotrophs? | is an organism that is able to produce its own food through the process of photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. |
| What does unicellular mean? | organism is made up of only one cell. |
| What does multicellular mean? | organism is made up of two or more cells |
| Eukaryotes | is an organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. |
| What is an example of a heterotroph? | an elephant (or any other animal) |
| What is an example of an autotroph? | a rose bush (or other plants) |