Definitions
The study of life
What is biology?
All living things acquire energy from ??? and use that energy to maintain their internal organization.
What is the environment?
This is an organized sequence of DNA that contributes to the hereditary characteristics of an organism.
What are genes?
The smallest unit of matter.
This is defined as a "true" bacteria.
What is eubacteria?
All organisms are made of cells, which are the smallest unit of life.
During this process a copy of the parent's DNA is passed onto the offspring.
What is reproduction?
This term refers to the non-living components of an ecosystem, such as light, temperature, and water.
What is abiotic factors?
This level contains all member of ONE species living in the same area.
What is a population?
This domain contains plants, fungi, and animals. They all have true nucleus.
What is domain Eukarya?
Cells come from pre-existing cells.
What is cell division?
When organisms use light to produce their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
Bacteria, plants, animals, all living organisms. (examples of this)
What are biotic organisms?
Made up of many cells of the same type and work together to perform the same task.
This type of unicellular prokaryotes live in extreme environments (high temp, high salt, etc.).
What are archaebacteria?
This term includes all animal, plant, and fungus cells.
What are Eukaryotic cells?
This process happens when cells break down organic molecules (sugars) to make high-energy compounds
What is respiration/ cellular respiration
Organisms that need to eat other organisms as food.
What are heterotrophs (animals)?
Made up of different tissues that work together to perform a task.
What is an Organ?
These are the 3 domains we went over in class today.
What are Domain Bacteria, Domain Archae, Domain Eukarya?
This has no nucleus and no membrane-bound organelles.
What are prokaryotic cells?
This is the process of a population of organisms changing over time to become better adapted to their environment through random mutation and natural selection.
What is evolution?
organisms that make their own food.
What are autotrophs (plants)?
This is the largest level of organization that encompasses where all living things exist on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
These are the 2-part scientific names in Latin given to each organism.
What are genus name (shared name with related organisms) and species name (unique to specific organism)?