Branches of Life Science
Living Things
Needs of Organisms
Etc...
Behavior and Reproduction
100
The scientific study of the areas of science that deal with living things.
What is LIFE SCIENCE?
100
Any living thing.
What is an ORGANISM?
100

Shivering when you are cold is an example of

Response to Stimuli OR Homeostasis

100
The process of getting rid of wastes?
What is EXCRETION?
100

The type of reproduction that leads to more genetic diversity

Sexual Reproduction

200

Study of plants

Botany

200
The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
What is a CELL?
200

A bug species developing a hard, protective exoskeleton over many generations is an example of what?

an adaptation or evolution

200
Give one reason why a virus is not considered living by most biologists

Viruses are not made out of cells, they can't keep themselves in a stable state, they don't grow, and they can't make their own energy.

200

The genetic code in every cell, that is unique to every individual. (you get some from each parent)

DNA

300

Characteristic of life that describes how organisms interact with each other

Interdependence

300

Organisms made up of only one cell

unicellular

300
The process of keeping conditions inside a body constant.
What is HOMEOSTASIS?
300

What does it mean to obtain and process energy?

metabolism

300
Reproduction needing only one parent.
What is ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION?
400
The branch of science that studies animals.
What is ZOOLOGY?
400
A reaction to a change.
What is a RESPONSE?
400

Which type of reproduction is quicker and more rapidly increases a population

Asexual Reproduction

400

a mechanism of evolution that explains how populations of organisms adapt to their environment and change over time

Natural Selection

400
The process by which living things produce new organisms like themselves.
What is REPRODUCTION?
500
The branch of science that studies the way living things interact with their environment.
What is ECOLOGY?
500

Write down a example of a stimulus & a response, and label each

(varies)

500

Cells allow for organisms to have _________ and ___________ (2 words)

form & function

500

Who came up with the idea of natural selection?

Charles Darwin

500

What is the difference between growth and development?

Growth : increase in body mass

Development : change in size, shape, and function

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