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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the smallest unot that can perform all life processes? | A CeLl (I guess I can see it) |
| What is anything that causes a reaction or change in an organis or any part of an organism? | Stimulus (I will stimulate you with my mind) |
| What is the maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment? | Homeostatis (Burn Baby Burn) |
| What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction? | Sexual is with 2 parents producing offspring that share traits of both parents. Asexual is between 1 parent and is idnetical to that 1 parent |
| What is the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring? | Heredity (From generation to generation) |
| What is the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism? | Metabolism (This is why I'm skinny) |
| What is an organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings? | Producer (Not the kind in the kitchen) |
| What is an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter? | Consumer (Thats me) |
| What is an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consumming or absorbing the nutrients? | A decomposer (Hey why are you eating that) |
| What is a molecule that is made up of amino acids and that is needed to build and repair body structures and to regulat processes in the body? | Protein (Where's the beef) |
| What is a class of energy-giving nutrients that includes sugars, starches and fiber; contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen? | Carbohydrates (That mushy stuff with dinner) |
| A type of biochemical that does not dissolve in water; fats and steriods are these? | Lipid |
| What is a ...(the word gives it away) that contains this chemical and that is a structural component on cell membranes? | Phospholipid |
| A molecule that acts as the main energy source for cell processes | A-T-P |
| A molecule sometimes called the blueprints of life | Nucleic Acids |
| Organisms must have food because... | food is a source of energy |
| What do organisms store energy in? | lipids |
| What are the subunits of nucleic acids called | nuceototides |
| What are the six characteristics of living things? | Cells have membranes, we respond to change, live things reproduce, live things have DNA, living tings use energy, living things grow and develop |
| What are the 4 basic need of all living things? | Water Shelter Food Air |
| What precentage of water is in all living things? | About 70% |
| What is reproduction with only 1 parent called? | Asexual reproduction |
| What is reproduction between 2 parents called? | Sexual reproduction |
| What is air made up of? | Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide. |
| Why is water needed in our bodies? | To carry out chemical reactions in our bodies |
| What does food give organisms | Energy and Raw materials to carry on life processes |
| What 2 ways do organisms use nutrients from food? | To replace bdy cells and build body parts |
| How do cells use carbohydrates? | To store energy |
| Do lipids mix with water | NO |
| Why are nucleic acids sometimes called the blueprints of life? | Because they carry all the info needed for a cell to make proteins |
| What are compounds that make up proteins? | amino acids |
| What is an enzyme? | Aprotein that speeds up chemical reactions |