Characteristics of Life
Classification
Cells
Photosynthesis
Respiration
100
This characteristic of life refers to the cellular structure of an organism, unicellular or multicellular.
What is cellular organization.
100
This is the process of classifying living things based on their similarities.
What is classification.
100
This part of the cell controls what substances come in and go out of the cell.
What is the cell membrane.
100
These are the raw materials needed for photosynthesis to occur.
What are carbon dioxide and water.
100
These are the raw materials that are needed for respiration to occur.
What are oxygen and sugars.
200
This characteristic of life refers to an organisims ability to respond to a stimulus.
What is response to surroundings.
200
This is the main difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs.
What is autotrophs make their own food and heterotrophs do not.
200
This is the total magnification of a microscope that has a lens with 40 x power.
What is 400.
200
These are the products of photosynthesis.
What are oxygen and sugars.
200
These are the products of respiration.
What are carbon dioxide, water, and energy.
300
All living things need this substance to survive.
What is water.
300
This is the name of the tool scientists use to classify organisms (list of paired statements)
What is a taxonomic key.
300
This organelle is the control center of the cell.
What is the nucleus.
300
Carbon dioxide enters into the plant through these.
What are stomata (tiny openings in the leaves).
300
This is where the raw materials for repsiration come from.
Where is the air around us (oxygen), and the food we eat (sugars).
400
This is the most abundant chemical in all living things.
What is water.
400
These are the levels of cellular organization in animals.
What are cells, tissues, organs, systems
400
This is the function of the mitochondira.
What is to power the cell or provide energy.
400
The energy that the plant cell uses for photosynthesis comes from this source.
What is the sun.
400
The second stage of respiration happens in this part of the cell, and releases the most energy.
What is the mitochondria.
500
These chemicals are important to sustain life.
What are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.
500
This is the name of the tool scientists use to make a taxonomic key.
What is a dichotomus tree.
500
This part of the cell breaks down large food particles into smaller ones.
What is lysosomes.
500
This is the chemical formula for the sugar (glucose) that plants cells produce for food.
What is C(6) H(12) O(6)
500
This process happens when there isn't enough oxygen for respiration to produce energy in the cell.
What is lactic acid fermentation.
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