Birth of Organisms
The theory that living things can develop from nonliving matter.
Spontaneous Generation.
Anything that affects an organism and its behavior, action, or movement.
What is a stimulus?
What is food?
Any compound that contains carbon.
What is an organic compound?
Contains genetic information
What is DNA?
This scientist used meat and maggots to disprove Spontaneous Generation.
Who is Redi?
Building blocks of life, creates all of life.
What are cells?
This dissolves nutrients and minerals in your body, as well as carries them throughout their bodies.
What is water?
A particle with two or more atoms chemically joined.
What is a molecule?
Special proteins that speed up metabolism.
What are enzymes?
This scientist used broth and swan-necked glassware to disprove Spontaneous Generation.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
Reproduction between 2 parents in which offspring share characteristics of both parents.
What is sexual reproduction?
This is produced through metabolism, and the main source is the sun.
What is energy?
A pure substance that is chemically combined in a fixed proportion.
What is a compound?
Responsible for carrying materials through the blood, regulating the function of tissues and organs, and repairing cells and tissues.
What are proteins?
Examples include - mice growing from grain, maggots growing from meat, plants grew from dew.
What is proof of spontaneous generation?
Characteristic of living things in which an organism develops and becomes more complex.
What is growth?
This is used for respiration & exhalation. The most common example is oxygen.
What is gas?
This is made from one or more sugar molecules.
What are carbohydrates?
They are responsible for making proteins.
What are nucleic acids?
The sum of chemical activities taking place inside of a cell.
What is metabolism?
The space an organism needs to live?
What is a habitat?
An organic compound that is a fat or an oil.
What are lipids?
These are two types of carbohydrates.
What are sugar and starch?