Characteristics of Living Things
What is a cell?
All living things are made up of this basic unit of life.
What is taxonomy?
The science of naming and grouping organisms.
This structure controls what enters and leaves the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse” of the cell.
What is the mitochondrion?
Cells that have a specific function are said to be ____.
What is specialized?
What is energy?
Living things need this to carry out life processes such as growth and repair.
What is binomial nomenclature?
The two-part scientific name of an organism is called ____
Plant cells have this rigid outer layer that animal cells do not.
What is the cell wall?
It packages and distributes proteins in the cell.
What is the Golgi apparatus (Golgi body)?
These cells in plants are responsible for transporting water.
What are xylem cells?
What is reproduction?
The process by which living things produce more of their own kind.
Humans belong to this kingdom.
What is Animalia?
The jelly-like substance that fills the cell and holds organelles in place.
What is cytoplasm?
The network that transports materials around the cell.
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
These animal cells carry oxygen through the bloodstream.
What are red blood cells?
What is excretion?
This life process involves the removal of metabolic waste materials from an organism’s body.
This Swedish scientist developed the modern classification system.
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
This part is only found in plant cells and is responsible for photosynthesis.
What are chloroplasts?
Small structures where proteins are made.
What are ribosomes?
In multicellular organisms, groups of similar specialized cells form ____
What are tissues?
What are stimuli?
Living things respond to changes in their surroundings called ____
List the seven levels of classification from largest to smallest.
What are Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?
Both plant and animal cells have this organelle that controls the cell’s activities.
What is the nucleus?
The organelle responsible for breaking down old cell parts and waste.
What is the lysosome?
The nerve cell is an example of a specialized cell designed to do what?
What is transmit electrical signals (messages)?