Living Organisms
What are the 7 characteristics of living things?
Use energy, respond to stimuli, reproduce, grow/develop, produce waste, made of cells, adapt
Which power level should you use when first viewing a specimen under a microscope?
Low power (40x magnification)
Vocab: a living thing made of only one cell
Unicellular
Where does mechanical digestion first take place?
Mouth
What is the job of the excretory system?
Eliminate metabolic wastes
Groups of similar cells working together
Tissues
Where should your hands be when carrying a microscope?
Arm and base
Plant cells have one of these while animal cells have several
Vacuole
Which atrium of the heart contains deoxygenated blood? (right or left)
Right atrium
The structure where the respiratory system and the circulatory system come into contact with each other
Alveoli
Groups of 2 or more different tissues working together
Organs
The part of the microscope that you look through.
Eyepiece or Ocular Lens
Acts as a series of roadways in a cell
Endoplasmic reticulum
Structures in the small intestine that increase the surface area of the small intestine for more efficient absorption of nutrients
Villi
List 3 of the 4 "parts" of blood
Red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, platelets
The basic unit of all life
Cells
What are the 3 keys points of Cell Theory?
All living things are composed of one or more cells
Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all organism
All cells come from other cells
What cell structures are like manufacturing factories for the cell?
Ribosomes
What type of digestion are enzymes responsible for? Where are they produced? (list 2 places/organs)
Chemical digestion
Salivary glands, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, stomach
A person has the ability to see, hear taste, smell, and feel, but they are not able to control their muscles. What type of neuron might they have a problem with?
Motor neurons
Provide an example of an adaptation that humans have.
There are lots of great answers!
Plant cells have these 2 organelles, animal cells do not
cell wall and chloroplasts
When waste products have a high concentration in the cytoplasm of a cell and a low concentration outside the cell, they can leave the cell by
Diffusion
What is the name of the specific blood vessel with the highest blood pressure in the human body? Is this blood vessel an example of an artery or a vein?
The aorta, artery
This is the name for a nervous response that does not involve the brain. It happens faster than our ability to process information.
Reflex response