LIFE SCIENCE
The smallest unit of life in creation
What is a cell?
The part of the cell where you will find most of an organism's DNA
What is the Cell Nucleus?
Consisting of a single cell
What does unicellular mean?
The scientific study of plants
What is Botany?
The study of all the parts and structures of organisms
What is Anatomy?
Life Sciences or Biology
What is the study of living things called?
A method of sorting things according to shared qualities or characteristics
What is Classification?
Consisting of more than one cell
What does Multicellular mean?
Trees that lose their leaves in the autumn
What are deciduous trees?
The study of anatomy, physiology, behaviour, and classification of animals
What is Zoology?
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food
An organism that breaks down the dead remains of other organisms
What is a Decomposer?
Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins and Nucleic Acids
What are the Chemicals of Life?
Tissue that provides controlled movement
What is muscle tissue?
Animals without a backbone
What is an invertebrate?
All living things contain hereditary information in their DNA that enables life to continue though reproduction
What is the first criterion of life?
A cell containing no distinct membrane-bound organelles
What is a Prokaryotic cell?
The powerhouse of the cell
What is the Mitochondria?
Tissue that conducts signals to and from all the parts of the body
What is Nerve Tissue?
A membrane that allows only certain substances though
What is a Semipermeable Membrane?
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
What are the 4 nucleotide bases in DNA?
A cell with distinct, membrane-bound organelles
What is a Eukaryotic cell?
Organisms that obtain their nourishment from dead organisms
What are Saprophytes?
Tissue that rapidy multiplies to replace cells
Joint-footed
What does Arthropoda mean?