Life Science - 1
What are the parts of the cell theory?
All living things are made of cells, cells come from other cells, cells are the basic unit of life.
When two organisms are fighting for limited resource?
What is competition?
What controls everything in a cell?
What is the nucleus?
Word for all living things in an ecosystem.
What is biotic?
The balance maintained in living things to keep them alive
What is homeostasis?
What two organelles are NOT present in an animal cell?
Chloroplasts and Cell Wall
An organism that can make its own food.
What is an autotroph or producer?
The process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce.
What is natural selection or survival of the fittest?
The powerhouse of the cell
What are mitochondria?
The type of relationship where one organism benefits and one is unaffected.
What is commensalism?
A change in your environment that you respond to
What is a stimulus?
Cells that work together to perform a function
What is a tissue?
What is the shape of a DNA strand called?
What is a double helix??
Number of chromosomes in each human cell
HH, LL, AA, and TT are all examples of what type of genotypes?
What are homozygous dominant genotypes?
What makes up organs?
Specialized tissue
The process of releasing ATP energy from glucose/nutrients.
What is cellular respiration?
The process of cell division for body cells
What is mitosis?
Where photosynthesis takes place in a plant cell
What is the chloroplast?
An alteration to the genetic code
What is a mutation?
What does the theory of evolution explain?
How organisms have changed or adapted over time.
What is homeostasis?
When the cells are able to maintain a stable environment.
Converting water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose
What is photosynthesis?
Organs that work together to perform a function
What is an organ system?
The jellylike "soup" that fills most of the cell
What is cytoplasm?
what is the smallest part of all matter?
An atom
The human body system that involves the heart, blood, veins, and arteries
What is the Cardiovascular system?
Which organelle allows substances to pass in and out of a cell?
cell membrane
Multiple trials
Repetition
Where is DNA found?
In the nucleus
A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring
What is a trait?
The smallest living part of an organism
What is a cell?
The passing of traits from parents to their offspring
What is heredity?
Which organisms need to obtain their energy/food from elsewhere?
Consumers/Heterotrophs
The book is 5cm thick. The flower has 5 petals. The man ran 6.2 miles. What type of data is this?
Quantitative data