Question | Answer |
What is the smallest unit of life that can perform all life processes? | Cell |
What is a change that affects the activity of the organism? | Stimulus |
What is the maintenance of a stable internal environment? | Homeostasis |
What is called when 2 parents reproduce offspring that will share characteristics of both parents? | Sexual reproduction |
What is it called when 1 parents reproduces offspring that are identical to the parent? | Asexual reproduction |
What is the passing of traits from one generation to the next? | Heredity |
What is the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism? | Metabolism |
What type of organism can make their own food? | Producers |
What organism eats other organisms for food? | Consumers |
What organisms get their food by breaking down the nutrients in dead organisms or animal wastes? | Decomposers |
What are large molecules that are made up of amino acids? | Proteins |
What are molecules made up of sugars? | Carbohydrates |
What are simple carbohydrates? | Carbohydrates made up of one sugar molecule or a few sugar molecules linked together |
What is an example of a simple carbohydrate? | table sugar & the sugar in fruits |
What are complex carbohydrates? | Carbohydrates made up of hundreds of sugar molecules linked together |
What is an example of a complex carbohydrate? | Potato |
What are compounds that are insoluble? | Lipids |
What are the molecules that form much of the cell membrane? | Phospholipids |
What do fats and oils store? | Energy |
What is the major energy-carrying molecule in the cell? | ATP |
What is a molecule made up of nucleotides? | Nucleic acid |
Plants store extra sugar as _____. | Starch |
What are the subunits of proteins? | Amino acids |
What are the 6 characteristics of living things? | They have cells, sense and respond to change, reproduce, have DNA, use energy, and grow and develop. |
What does DNA stand for? | deoxyribonucleic acid |
What are the necessities of life? | Air, food, water, and a place to live |
How does your body respond when cold? | you shiver |
How does your body respond to being warm or hot? | you sweat |
How do humans reproduce? | Sexually |