Characteristics of Living Things
Study of living things
Biology
Is the basic unit of matter
atom
REsource that can be replaced by a healthy ecosystem
renewable
Organisms often try to use a limited resource in the same place at the same time as other organisms
competition
Instrument that makes small objects look larger.
Microscope
All living this are made of ________
Cells
Is a negatively charged particle
Resource that cannot be replaced in a reasonable amount of time
Nonrenewable
Is an interaction in which one animal captures and feeds on another animal
predation
One of the first persons to observe cells
Robert Hooke
All organisms store the information they need to live, grow, and reproduce in a molecule called:
Pure substance that is made up of only one kind of atom
element
Learn to use natural resources to meet our needs without causing long-term environmental damage
sustainable development
Is an interaction in which one animal feeds on producers (plants)
Herbivory
Two main kinds of cells
Prokaryote and eukaryote
When conditions inside organisms are kept within certain limits
homeostasis
Electrons are shared by atoms (bond)
covalent
Happens when wind or water take soil away
Soil erosion
An organism lives inside or on another organism and harms it
parasitism
The control center of the cell is the:
nucleus
All living things make new similar living things
Reproduction
Substance formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements.
Chemical compound
Any harmful material that can enter land, water or air
pollutant
One organism benefit and the other is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
Changes, sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the ER
Golgi apparatus