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Bio 6th keywords
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Autotroph | An organism that can make its own food |
| Biodiversity | The variety of living things in an area |
| Biogenesis | All living things are produced by another living things |
| Biomolecule | An organic compound produced by a living thing. A chemical used by organisms |
| Biosphere | All the places on Earth that support living things |
| Excretion | The removal of waste products of metabolism from cells |
| Continuity of life | Living things of the same type reproduce over generations |
| Growth | An increase in the size of an organism |
| Heredity | The passing on of characteristics from one generation to the next |
| Heterotroph | An organism that cannot make it’s own food, so it must find and take in food instead |
| Heterotrophic | Takes in food from another organism |
| Metabolism | All chemical reactions that take place in an organism |
| Nutrition | How organisms get and use food |
| Organism | A living thing |
| Multicellular | Complex organisms made up of many cells |
| Photosynthesis | The process carried out by plants and some other organisms to make food using sunlight energy |
| Photosynthetic | Uses light energy to make it’s own food |
| Receptor | A specialised cell or organ that detects a change in an organism’s environment |
| Reproduction | The ability of an organism to produce new individuals of the same type |
| Respiration | A chemical reaction in cells that releases energy from food so that an organism can do work |
| Response | An organisms ability to react to internal and external changes in it’s environment |
| Stimulus | Any change in an organism’s environment |
| Unicellular | Single-cell organism’s |
| Adaption | A characteristic of an organism that is specific to a particular environment and gives the best chance of survival |
| Carnivores | Animals that only feed on animals |
| Cell | The smallest unit that has all the characteristics of life |
| Cell differentiation | Changes to the structures of a cell from of a cell that allow it to carry out a special function in an organism |
| Chromosomes | A condensed, thread-like structure in the nucleus made up of DNA and protein |
| Conservation | The wise management of Earth’s ecosystem and natural resources to protect against and recover from the harmful effects of human activity |
| Consumer | An organism that feeds on plants or other animals |
| Cytoplasm | All living parts of the cell, excluding the nucleus |
| Cytosol | The liquid fraction of cytoplasm |
| Decomposer | An organism that feeds on dead organic matter |
| Deforestation | The large-scale removal of trees for non-forestry purposes |
| Eukaryote | Any organism with a nucleus |
| Eukaryotic | Possesses a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles |
| Extrachromosomal DNA | DNA found outside the nucleus |
| Food chain | A model to show the sequence in which one organism eats another in an ecosystem |
| Food web | A model to show the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem |
| Gene | The basic unit of heredity that controls the characteristics passed on, from one generation to the next. |
| Herbivore | Animals that only feed on plants |
| Interdependence | The way in which different species in an ecosystem rely on each other for survival |
| Niche | The unique role a species plays in an ecosystem |
| Omnivores | Animals that feed on both plants and animals |
| Pollution | Any harmful addition to the environment |
| Producer | An organism that makes its own food by photosynthesis |
| Prokaryote | Any organism without a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles |
| Prokaryotic | Lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles |
| Protoplasm | All the living parts of the cell, including the nucleus |
| Pyramid of biomass | A model to show the mass of organisms at each trophic level in a food chain |
| Pyramid of numbers | A model to show the number of individual organisms at each trophic level in a food chain |
| Sustainability | The wise management of Earth’s natural resources to ensure that all species co-exist into the future |
| Tissue | A group of cells that work together to carry out a function that no single cell can do on its own |
Created by:
Louie Masterson