What is a Living Thing?
What is the biosphere?
All living things on earth
All living things carry out three life functions. What are they?
Nutrition, interaction, and reproduction
What is a cell?
The smallest structural units of life that can function independently.
Where do prokaryotic cells store their genetic information?
Based on complexity, what are the two groups that living things are classified in?
Multicellular and Unicellular
What is the meaning of "multicellular"?
"Made up of many cells"
Living things can be classified into two groups based on nutrition. What are they?
Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
Who was Robert Hooke?
He was the first person to use the term cells
A tail-like extension that some bacteria use to move
Flagellum
What is the definition of Taxonomy?
Taxonomy is the science of classifying living things. Identifying, grouping, and organizing living things.
All living things are made up of ____ substances, while all nonliving things are made up of _____ substances.
Organic, inorganic
What types of organisms reproduce asexually?
Unicellular, or bacteria
What 3 basic components do all cells have?
What is the biggest difference between plant and animal cells?
Plant cells have a cell wall.
What is the order of cellular organization?
Cell --> Tissue --> Organ --> Organ system --> Organism
What two main inorganic substances are found in living things?
Definition of Nutrition
Nutrition is the series of processes that allow living things to obtain organic matter and energy to carry out their life functions.
In the nucleus
Prokaryotic cells generally contain which structures?
Organize the levels of taxonomy from biggest to smallest
Kingdom --> Phylum --> Class --> Order --> Family --> Genus --> Species
The most abundant elements in living things are...
Why is interaction important?
Interaction enables living things to interact with other living things and with their environment.
What are organelles?
Organelles are small structures in the cytoplasm that have specialized functions
Name all of the eukaryotic cell organelles and explain the function of one of them.
Ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus, mitochondria, lysosomes, centrosomes, chloroplasts, vacuoles
What are the 5 kingdoms and what do they include?
Animal Kingdom: vertebrates and invertebrates
Plant Kingdom: mosses, ferns, plants with seeds
Fungi Kingdom: yeasts, mold, and fungi
Protoctist Kingdom: protozoa and algae
Monera Kingdom: bacteria