Life Science 1
cells with a nucleus
What are eukaryotic cells?
the basic unit of life (level of organization where life begins)
What is Cell?
organisms that make their own food
What are producers (autotrophs)?
What are prokaryotic cells?
all living things are made of these
What are cells?
consumers that eat only meat
What are carnivores?
the source of energy on earth
What is the sun?
coiled and supercoiled DNA ("X" shaped)
What is a chromosome?
What are biotic factors?
organelle where cellular respiration takes place
What is the mitochondria?
the variable that I (the researcher) change on purpose
consumers responsible for getting rid of dead organisms in the food chain
What are decomposers?
movement of particles from high concentration to low concentration
What is diffusion?
the organelle where photosynthesis occurs
What are chloroplasts?
the 3 cell structures found ONLY in plant cells and not in animal cells
What are cell wall, chloroplast, and a large central vacuole?
products of photosynthesis (what is made)
What are glucose (sugar) and oxygen?
Where is least amount of energy found on the energy pyramid?
What is the top?
What is mitosis?
the diffusion of water from high concentration to low concentration
What is osmosis?
the name for the lens you look through on a microscope
What is the eyepiece?
reactants of photosynthesis (required)
What are carbon dioxide and water?
uncoiled DNA (looks like a plate of spaghetti)
What is chromatin?
relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
What is parasitism?