Characteristics of Living Things
What is the source of energy for all living things?
The Sun
All organisms are made up of these small building blocks of life.
Cells
True or False: All Organisms grow at the same rate.
FALSE
The process of change that occurs during an organisms life.
What is Growth/Development?
They are found in foods such as bread, rice, pasta, sweets, milk, fruit, etc.
What are Carbohydrates?
What do we call the place where an organism can get food, water, and find refuge.
Take in Materials, Break down, Absorb, Get rid of...
Metabolism
Sunlight and weather (cold, heat) are examples of this
Stimuli
True or False. Organisms grow at a constant rate (the same pace) throughout their lives.
FALSE
Describe "Reproduction" in single cellular organisms
The cell divides into 2 identical cells
What is the word that describes an organism's ability to maintaining an internal balance when there are external changes?
Homeostasis?
Give an example of a change that requires an organism to use homeostasis.
Body temperature, Shivering, Sweating, water/thirst, Sugar level...
Fill in the 2 blanks in this sentence: All living things are ____________ changes in their environment, and ____________ to those changes.
aware of; respond
What is the difference between "micro" and "macro" evolution?
Micro evolution is evolution WITHIN a particular species
Macro evolution is a theory that one species evolves into a new species
As opposed to "response to stimuli," evolving is a permanent change in the species. Why?
Evolving is a change in the Genetic Material
This is something ALL living things need to do all their activities
Energy (Materials would also be acceptable)
Organisms grow in 2 different ways... Name both ways.
Individual cells grow
Number of cells increase (cells divide)
Metabolism describes the way a body uses _____________.
material (nutrients, food, protein, carbohydrates)
The basic unit of structure and function of living things
What is a cell?
What is the name for the process that determines if a genetic mutation will cause a more permanent change in the species?
Survival of the Fittest
This is the process that plants use to convert the energy of the sun into energy that is usable by other organisms
Photosynthesis
What is it called when "alike" cells start to copy into cells that are not like the original cells?
Cell Differentiation
They are groups of similar cells that perform the same function.
What are tissues?
Name a type of single-celled organism
Amoeba / Paramecium / Bacteria / Protozoa / Yeast
Reproduction means that an organism passes on its _________________________ to a newly created "child" organism
Genetic Information (or DNA)