Characteristics of Living Things
This characteristic allows organisms to get bigger over time.
*What is growth?*
This is the smallest unit of life according to cell theory.
What is a cell?
This organelle acts as the "powerhouse" of the cell, providing energy.
What is mitochondria?
This is the smallest level of organization in living things.
What is a cell?
This is the main function of muscles in your body.
What is movement (or contraction)?
Living things do this to get rid of waste products from their bodies.
What is excrete?
Cell theory states that cells make up all of these types of things.
What are living things?
These organelles are the "protein factories" that make proteins for the cell.
What is ribosomes?
This level is made up of similar cells working together.
What is tissue?
This type of muscle is found in your heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
This is what living things do when they react to changes in their environment.
What is respond to stimuli/surroundings?
This type of cell has no nucleus and means "first nut" in Greek.
What is prokaryotic?
This organelle is like the "command center" that contains DNA.
What is the nucleus?
This is the largest level of organization.
What is an organism?
This type of muscle is "voluntary" and helps you move your bones.
What is skeletal muscle?
All living things need this liquid to survive.
What is water?
This type of cell has a nucleus surrounded by a nuclear membrane.
What is eukaryotic?
This organelle acts like "cellular garbage disposal," breaking down waste.
What is lysosomes?
This level is made up of organs working together.
What is an organ system?
This type of muscle is "involuntary" and found in your digestive system.
What is smooth muscle?
Living things do this process to create offspring and continue their species.
What is reproduce?
This is the name for maintaining balance inside a cell or organism.
What is homeostasis?
This organelle is like a "cellular post office" that packages and ships proteins.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
This level is made up of different tissues working together.
What is an organ?
Muscle cells have many of these organelles because they need lots of energy.
What is mitochondria?