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JAN 21 SCIENCE QUIZ
PART 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ORGANISM | A COMPLETE LIVING THING |
| CELL | THE TINY, LIVING, STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF ALL LIVING THINGS, THE SMALLEST UNITS THAT CAN BE ALIVE |
| CYTOPLASM | ALL THE MATERIAL, EXCEP THE NEUCLEUS, INSIDE A CELL |
| UNICELLULAR ORGANISM | A LIVING THING ENTIRELY COMPOSED OF ONE CELL |
| MULTICELLULAR ORGANISM | A LIVING THING THAT IS COMPOSED OF MORE THAN ONE CELL AND WHOSE INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE NOT ORMALLY ABLE TO LIVE SINGLY APART FROM THE ORGANISM |
| TISSUE | A GROUP OF SIMILAR CELLS THAT TOGETHER PERFORM A SPECIFIC FUNCTION |
| COLONIAL ORGANISM | A LIVING THING THAT IS COMPOSED OF A GROUP OF SIMILAR CELLS LIVING TOGETHER, EACH CELL IS CAPABLE OF LIVING INDIVIDUALLY |
| ENERGY | THE ABILITY TO DO WORK |
| PHYSICAL LIFE | A CHARACTERISTIC PRODUCED WHEN ORGANIZED SYSTEMS OF NONLIVING SUBSTANCES USE ENERGY AND MAINTAIN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS |
| SPIRITUAL LIFE | MAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD |
| CELL THEORY | THE THEORY THAT ALL LIVING THINGS ARE MADE UP OF MICROSCOPIC UNITS CALLED CELLS AND THAT CELLS CARRY ON THE FUNCTIONS OF LIVING THINGS |
| MOLECULE | THE SMALLEST UNIT EXISTING AS A PARTICULAR SUBSTANCE |
| CARBOHYDRATE | A SUBSTANCE THAT CONTAINS ONLY CARBON, HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN...EXAMPLE:SUGAR |
| PROTEIN | A SUBSTANCE MADE OF LONG CHAINS OF AMINO ACIDS, FOUND IN CERTAIN FOODS |
| NEUCLEIC ACID | A MOLECULE THAT CONTAINS THE GENETIC INFORMATION OF A CELL, DNA AND RNA ARE THE MAIN TYPES |
| LIPID | A SUBSTANCE SUCH AS FAT OR OIL, NOT SOLUBLE IN WATER: AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF MEMBRANES |
| STIMULUS | A CHANGE IN AN ORGANISM'S ENVIRONMENT THAT CAUSES THE ORGANISM TO REACT |
| NOMEMTOSTASIS | AN ORGANISM'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A STABLE INTERNAL ENVIROMENT TO SURVIVE |
| ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION | REPRODUCTION IN WHICH A SINGLE PARENT PRODUCES OFFSPRING THAT ARE IDENTICAL TO THE PARENT |
| DNA | A MOLECULE WITHIN THE CELL THAT CONTROLS THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE CELL |
| METABOLISM | THE TERM FOR ALL OF THE CHEMICAL REACTIONS THAT BURN FOOD FOR ENERGY |
| GROWTH | GETTING BIGGER |
| DEVELOPMENT | GETTING BIGGER AND CHANGING FORM |
| ALL CELLS MUST DO THESE 4 FUNCTIONS | 1. USE ENERGY 2. MANUFACTURE MATERIALS 3. RESPOND TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT 4. REPRODUCE THEMSELVES |
| WHO FIRST DISCOVERED CELLS | ROBERT HOOKE |
| WHAT ARE THE 4 CATERGORIES OF MOLECULES | 1. CARBOHYDRATE 2. AMINO ACIDS 3. NUCLEOTIDES 4. LIPIDS |
| WHAT IS THE CELL THEORY | 1. ALL LIVING THINGS ARE MADE UP OF CELLS 2. FUNCTIONS ARE PERFORMED BY CELLS 3. CELLS COME FROM OTHER CELLS |