Vocabulary I
Regulation of an organisms internal conditions to maintain life.
What is homeostasis?
Basic units of structure and function of all living things.
What is a cell?
The smallest function unit of life
What is a cell
An organism that was is or was living at some point in the past
What is life
A mode of reproduction in which the offspring comes from only one organism
What is asexual reproduction
The origins and history of life and once living things, the structure of living things, the function of living things, and how living things interact with one another.
What is the study of biology?
An individual form of life
What is an organism
Organisms that live in specific habitats
What is a niche
A large collection of animals and plants that occupy a particular geographical location .
What is a biome
The process by which a cell becomes specialized to preform a specific set of tasks
What is Differentiation
The 4 kingdoms are
What is Protista, fungi, plantae and animalia
The four basic types if animal tissue
What is epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous
The 3 levels of organization that are important understand when examining living organisms
What are order, complexity and design
The chemical reactions that build complex molecules from simple ones, usually requiring the input of energy
What is anabolism
The sum of all chemical reactions occurring in an individual cell to sustain life
What is metabolism
List the 4 realms of biology
What is Experimental science, Inferential science, Philosophy of science and History of science
The four basic types of plant tissues
What is Meristematic, epidermal, ground and vascular
Name all 7 Characteristics of Life
1. Organization
2. Metabolism
3. Homeostasis
4. Response to stimulus
5. Adaption
6. Reproduction and heredity
7. Growth and development
The science of classifying things such as organisms
What is Taxonomy
When a system is made up of several interacting components each of which is necessary for the system to function and none of which can be made by modifying an already existing component
What is irreducible complexity
Three domains of organism
Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya
What are the 7 terrestrial biomes
What is coniferous, forests, temperate forests, rainforests, scrublands, grasslands and desserts
In both sexual and asexual reproduction the genetic information is transmitted through the molecule known as
What is deoxyribonucleic (dee ahk see ry boh nyoo kley ik)