Nutrients
Organism Survival
Vocabulary
Characteristics of Living Things
Miscellaneous
100
This is the energy giving nutrient for cells.
What are carbohydrates.
100
This is a type of organism that eats other organisms for food.
What are consumers.
100
Contains all of the material necessary for life.
What is a cell.
100
This is an example of a nucleic acid that all cells have.
What is DNA.
200
This nutrient is made of chains of amino acids and helps to build and repair the body.
What are proteins.
200
This is a type of organism that can make their own food.
What are producers.
200
When 2 parents produce an offspring that shares both of their characteristics.
What is sexual reproduction.
200
The characteristics that are passed down from parents to their offspring.
What is heredity.
200
Meat, nuts and eggs have a high percent of this nutrient.
What is protein.
300
This nutrient stores energy for cells.
What are lipids (fats).
300
This is a type of organism that gets nutrients from breaking down the remains of dead organisms and waste.
What are decomposers.
300
The rate that an organism burns, or uses, energy.
What is metabolism.
300
The 3 nutrients that are building blocks for cells.
What are proteins, carbohydrates and lipids.
300
Grains, pasta, and bread are high in this nutrient.
What are carbohydrates.
400
This nutrient makes up the cell membrane in cells.
What are phospholipids (lipids).
400
This is a change in an organisms environment that causes the organism to react.
What is a stimulus.
400
When 1 parent produces an offspring identical to itself.
What is asexual reproduction.
400
When light causes your pupils of your eyes to change size, the light is considered this.
What is a stimulus.
400
Oil and fish are high in this nutrient. This nutrient is also important for your brain.
What is fat (or lipids).
500
This is the energy carrying molecule.
What is ATP.
500
These are the four things that organisms need to survive.
What are food, water, shelter and air.
500
The process that organisms and cells use to maintain a stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis.
500
This makes up 70% of the human body.
What is water.
500
These are the sixth characteristics of living things.
What are living things have cells, sense and respond to change, reproduce, have DNA, use energy and grow and develop.
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