Question | Answer |
smallest unit of a living thing that can preform the functions of life | cell |
any living thing | organism |
regulation of an organism's internal life-maintaining conditions despite changes in its environment | homeostasis |
theory that living things can come from nonliving things | spontaneous generation |
two-word naming system | binomial nomenclature |
a group of similar species | genus |
a group of similar organisms that share similar characteristics and can reproduce among themselves | species |
ridged structure that encloses, supports, and protects the cells of plants, algae, fungi, and most bacteria | cell wall |
protective outer covering of all cells that is made up of a double layer of fat-like molecules and regulates the interaction between the cell and the environment | cell membrane |
cell organelle that breaks down lipids and carbs and also releases energy | mitochondria |
small structures on which cells make their own proteins | ribosomes |
cytoplasmic organelle that moves materials around in a cell and is made up of a complex series of folded membranes | endoplasmic reticulum (ER) |
organelles that package cellular materials and transport them with in or out of the cell | Golgi Bodies |
break down food molecules, wastes, and worn out cell parts | lysosomes |
green, chlorophyll-containing plant-cell organelle that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into sugar | chloroplast |
organelle that contains all the activities of a cell and contains hereditary material made of proteins and DNA | nucleus |
extremely tiny piece of genetic material that infects and multiplies in host cells | virus |
energy-requiring process in which transport proteins bind with particles and move them through a cell membrane | active transport |
movement of substances through a cell membrane without the use of cellular energy | passive transport |
a type of passive transport in cells in which molecules move from areas where there are many of them to areas where there are fewer of them | diffusion |
a type of passive transport; diffusion of water | osmosis |
process by which a cell takes in a substance by surrounding it with a cell membrane | endocytosis |
food-making process by which plants and many other producers use light energy to produce glucose and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water | photosynthesis |
series of chemical reactions used to release energy stored in food molecules | respiration |
states that everything goes from order to chaos | 2nd Law of Thermodynamics |
change in inherited characteristics over time | evolution |
belief that God created man and this earth | creation |
long, thin, whip-like structures of some protists that help them move through moist or wet surroundings | flagella |
simplest for of asexual reproduction in which two new cells are produced that are identical to each other and the parent | fission |
process in which a liquid is heated to a certain temperature to kill most bacteria | pasteurization |
chlorophyll-containing, plant-like protists that produces oxygen as a result of photosynthesis | algae |
short,thread-like structures that help Cilitate move and feed on bacteria | cilia |
a temporary way of feeding using extensions of their cytoplasm called "false feet" | pseudopod |
a many-celled organism; many are saprophytes and some are parasites | fungi |
any organism that is made up of a fungus and either a green algae or a cyanobacterium and both organisms benifit | lichen |