Cells
What are the basic units of structure in living things?
Answer: What is a cell?
What is the process of taking in food?
Answer: What is nutrition?
What is cellular respiration?
Answer: The process of releasing chemical energy from food.
What does it mean for an organism to grow?
Answer: To increase in size or cell number.
What is reproduction?
Answer: The process of producing new offspring.
What type of cells do bacteria have?
Answer: What are prokaryotic cells?
What is an autotroph?
Answer: An organism that can make its own food.
What type of respiration requires oxygen?
Answer: What is aerobic respiration?
What is a lifespan?
Answer: The average duration of life for an organism.
What is sexual reproduction?
Answer: Reproduction that involves two parents and results in offspring that are a mix of the parents.
What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
Answer: Prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus, while eukaryotic cells do.
Name an example of a heterotroph.
Answer: What is an animal?
What is anaerobic respiration?
Answer: Respiration that does not require oxygen.
How do organisms change from birth to adulthood?
Answer: Through growth and development processes.
What is asexual reproduction?
Answer: Reproduction that involves one parent and results in offspring that are exact copies of the parent.
What is a multicellular organism?
Answer: An organism that is made up of many cells.
What is the role of nutrients in organisms?
Answer: To provide energy for growth, metabolism, and repair.
What is the byproduct of respiration?
Answer: What is carbon dioxide?
What is cellular growth?
Answer: The increase in the size or number of cells.
How do organisms ensure the survival of their offspring?
Answer: Through parental care and providing resources.
Name a type of eukaryotic cell.
Answer: What is an animal cell or a plant cell?
What is the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs?
Answer: Autotrophs produce their own food, while heterotrophs rely on external food sources.
Describe the process of photosynthesis.
Answer: The process by which plants convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen.
Name two factors that affect growth rates.
Answer: What are availability of nutrients and environmental conditions?
What is a clone in biological terms?
Answer: An organism that is genetically identical to another organism.