The basic unit of structure and function in an organism.
What is a cell?
100
Energy is something all organisms need to survive. True or False: All organisms obtain their energy in the exact same way.
What is False?
100
A process of grouping things based on similarities.
What is Classification?
100
All plants share these three characteristics.
What are: 1) they are autotrophs, 2) they are Eukaryotes, and 3) they are multicellular?
100
Some fossils show that early plants resembled small algae. Another clue that scientists study to find out about the origin of plants is this green pigment.
What is Chlorophyll?
200
Water, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.
What are the chemicals of life?
200
Organisms need this chemical to do things such as obtain chemicals from their surroundings, break down food, grow, move substances within their bodies, and reproduce.
What is water?
200
This early Greek scientist developed a classification system based solely on observations and grouped organisms into three large groups.
Who is Aristotle?
200
This process is used by all plants to make their own food.
What is Photosynthesis?
200
Plants had to learn to live on land. Plants need to be able to do these three things with water and other materials to survive.
What is: 1) Obtain it, 2) Retain it, and 3) Transport it?
300
Doing what a cell or organism does; such as breathe, move, repair injured parts, and digest food.
What is using energy?
300
This need of every organism includes food, water, and shelter.
What is Living Space?
300
Swedish scientist Linnaeus used his observations to develop this two part naming system.
What is Binomial Nom?enclature
300
Plant cells are surrounded by a cell wall which is mostly composed of this chemical to help make the wall more rigid.
What is Cellulose?
300
Plants use these tube-like structures to help support their bodies and move water and food throughout the plant.
What are Vascular Tissues?
400
Getting larger or changing
What is growth and development?
400
Your body temperature staying constant despite a temperature change on the outside or a barnacle closing up and trapping water inside during low tide.
What is a Stable Internal Condition or Homeostasis?
400
This naturalist published a theory about how species can change over time.
Who is Darwin?
400
A structure in plant cells where their food is made.
What is the Chloroplasts?
400
The idea of organisms changing over a period of time according to their surroundings.
What is Adaptation or Evolution?
500
Jumping when someone scares you or moving out of the way of an on coming vehicle.
What is responding to your surroundings?
500
Animals, mushrooms, and slime molds are examples of this.
What is a Heterotrophs?
500
The naming system created by Linnaeus was written in this language used by all scientists to communicate to each other.
What is Latin?
500
Plant cells are organized into this group of cells that perform a specific function.