Characteristics of Life
This characteristic involves maintaining stable internal conditions
What is homeostasis?
The study of microscopic organisms
What is microbiology?
The scientist who first discovered cells by looking at cork
Who is Robert Hooke?
The monomer of proteins
What are amino acids?
The primary energy molecule in cells
What is ATP?
All living things use this process to convert energy
What is metabolism?
This branch focuses on how organisms interact with their environment
What is ecology?
These are cells without a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles
What are prokaryotes?
This macromolecule stores long-term energy
What are lipids?
The process where plants convert sunlight into glucose
What is photosynthesis?
The ability to pass traits to offspring falls under this characteristic
What is reproduction?
The scientific field dedicated to studying plants
What is botany?
The three main statements that comprise cell theory
What are the three statements of cell theory?
The primary function of nucleic acids
What is storing and transmitting genetic information?
What is storing and transmitting genetic information?
How autotrophs make their own food vs heterotrophs consuming food
Living things change and adapt through this process over generations
What is evolution?
This branch examines how traits are passed between generations
What is genetics?
The difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
What is the presence/absence of a nucleus?
Examples of carbohydrate types from simple to complex
What are monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides?
What are monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides?
How they use opposite reactants and products
This fundamental unit of organization is the basic building block of all living things
What are cells?
The comprehensive study of the human body's functions
What is physiology?
How cell size is limited by surface area to volume ratio
How do surface area and volume interact to limit cell size?
The three-part structure of a nucleotide
What are sugar, base, and phosphate group?
What are sugar, base, and phosphate group?
What is speeding up chemical reactions?