Chars of Living Things
Smallest unit of all living organisms.
What is a cell?
When an organism increases in size.
What is growth?
This is the process by which one or more organisms make new organisms.
What is reproduction?
What is another name for Homeostasis?
"Stays the Same", Balance / Maintain Internal Condition
The stimulus that would cause someone to quickly remove their hand after touching a pan left of the stove for too long.
What is heat or temperature?
This characteristic of life helps organisms make new organisms.
What is reproduction?
This is needed by humans for sleeping, thinking, eating, and moving.
What is energy?
You get your DNA from theses people
What is your parents?
What is panting?
This is something that causes an organism to respond
What is a stimulus?
A part of the ecosystem that has the five characteristics of life.
What is biotic?
How plants convert sunlight into energy.
What is photosynthesis?
A science word for babies, puppies, seedlings, etc.
What is offspring?
Your body regulates its temperature by doing this.
What is shivering, sweating, or changing blood flow?
Another word for react
What is respond?
What is the Science word for one living "thing"?
Organism
To use chemical processes to convert food into energy for growth and movement.
What is metabolism?
Genetic material (genes) of mammals.
What is DNA?
Give an example of an organisms maintaining its internal balance or homeostasis while exercising?
Sweating, breathing harder to bring in more oxygen
List two stimuli for an animal
What is temperature, sunlight, predator, weather, etc. (can have many answers)?
What are the three main functons of metabolism is responsible for?
energy, building blocks of necessary components of organisms, eliminate waste
In photosynthesis, plants use light to produce their own energy. What is it called when an organism uses chemicals to produce its own energy?
Chemosynthesis
Offspring that are genetically identical to the parent and are created by asexual reproduction.
What is a clone?
What is the disease caused by a failure of the body to regulate blood sugar levels?
Two stimuli for plants
What is sunlight and water?