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Vocabulary words for quiz on 1.1 and 1.2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Unicellular | Organisms with ONE cell |
| Multicellular | Organisms made of TWO or MORE cells. They are more complex;specialized to do different tasks. The Cells work together. |
| Water | Most common chemical; essential for life. |
| Carbohydrates | Provides cells with energy. |
| Proteins and Lipids | Used for building cells. |
| Nucleic Acids | DNA; provide instructions to carry out the functions of life. |
| Grow | To become larger; organisms make more cells. |
| Develop | To change. |
| Stimulus | A change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way |
| Response | An action or change in behavior. |
| Asexual | Create identical offspring to one parent. |
| Sexual | Create offspring with a combination of DNA from two parents. |
| Producers/ Autotrophs | Make their own food. |
| Consumers/Heterotrophs | Eat others. |
| Biologist Carlus Linnaeus | Arranged organisms based on observable feature. |
| Binomial Nomenclature | Two part naming system made up of the organisms genus and species. The more groups two organisms share, the more characteristics they have in common. |
| Taxonomy | Study of how organisms are classified. Used to figure out name of an unknown organism. |
| Domains | Broadest level of classification. Split into 3 groups, Eukarya, Archaea and Bacteria. |
| Eurkarya | Plant, Animal, Protist and Fungi. |
| Archaea and Bacteria | Unicellular organisms without nuclei. |
| Scientific naming | Genus is first and capitalized; species is second and lowercase. They are in italics or underlined. Usually in Latin. Better than common name because there is only one scientific name. |
| Organism | Any living thing |