Vocab
Study of life
What is biology
First criterion of life is all living things contain hereditary information that enables life to continue to reproduce
What is DNA
Shape of DNA molecule
What is double helix
Taxon that is larger than family
What is Order
A cell with distinct membrane bound organelles
What is Eukaryotic
Smallest unit of life in creation
What is a cell
What is energy
Made up of sugar groups and phosphate groups
What is the backbone of DNA
Taxon larger than Phylum
What is kingdom
A cell that has no distinct membrane bound organelles
What is Prokaryotic
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food
What is photosynthesis
Plant responding to lack of light will stretch and search for light. This is an example of
What is the third criterion
Nucleotide adenine's partner
What is thymine
Taxon larger than Genus
What is family
Part of kingdom fungi, an organism that breaks down the dead remains of other organisms
What is decomposer
A method of sorting things according to shared qualities or characteristics
What is classification
Bacterial cells lack
What is nucleus
Nucleotide guanine's partner
What is cytosine
Taxon larger than class
What is phylum
Part of Domain Eukarya
What is Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
Two name naming system using Latin based categories
What is binomial nomenclature
Major difference between plant and animal cells is animal cells lack what plant cells have
What is cell wall
Complete the DNA pair
T-A-C-G-T-G-A-C-C
What is
A-T-G-C-A-C-T-G-G
Taxon larger than order
What is class
Central vacuole in plant cells help prevent the plant from wilting when properly watered due to this pressure
What is turgor pressure