Branches of Life Science
Non-living things can grow, but only living things
Develop
Natural selection in the environment
How do adaptations develop over time in a species and genes change in the environment.
The studying or working in only one part of a subject.
What is branch?
sum of all chemical reactions in an organism = using energy, making proteins, digesting food etc
metabolism
regulation of organisms internal environment to maintain conditions to allow it to live
What is Homeostasis
The branch of life science that studies plants.
What is BOTANY?
Rocks are not living because
Not made of Cells
Something occurring in the external environment that elicits a response from an organism
What is a stimulus?
The branch of science that studies animals.
What is ZOOLOGY?
After having to much Taco Bell this could a character of life that occurs?
What is excretion
The reason a virus is not considered a living thing (in this class) is because it
Not made of Cells
The branch of science that studies the way living things interact with their environment.
What is ECOLOGY?
The process by which a cell releases energy from food molecules.
What is CELLULAR RESPIRATION?
This molecule is used by every living thing (as well as many viruses) as a means of storing hereditary information
Deoxyribonucleic Acid