Characteristics of Living Things
True or False: One of the characteristics of living things is movement.
What is false?
These are the four spheres of Earth.
What are atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere (in any order).
The prefix "mono" in monomer means...
What part of the terrarium represents the atmosphere?
What is the air?
A collection of parts that interact to achieve a common goal, with the parts accomplishing more than any one part could on its own.
What is a system?
All organisms are made of one or more of these tiny units. They are known as the smallest unit of life.
What are cells?
Earth's solid rock and land are part of which sphere?
What is geosphere?
The prefix "poly" in polysaccharide means...
What is many/multiple?
Over time, Oxygen concentrations have... (general trend)
What is increased?
Monosaccharides are monomers of...
What are carbohydrates?
This characteristic means that organisms maintain stable internal conditions, like humans keeping a body temperature near 98.6°F.
What is homeostasis?
Which sphere contains all the water on Earth?
What is hydrosphere?
Amino acids are the monomers of...
What are proteins?
Over time, Carbon Dioxide concentrations have...
What is decreased?
What was one of the products made in the Miller-Urey experiment?
What are amino acids?
Over generations, populations of organisms can change to better fit their environment. This is called…
What is evolution?
Which sphere is the main source of oxygen for living organisms?
What is atmosphere?
Although you don’t eat DNA for energy, this macromolecule is essential because it carries the instructions for building every protein in your body.
What are nucleic acids?
Over time, temperature on Earth has...
What is decreased?
Living organisms exhaling carbon dioxide is an example of matter moving from the ______ to the ______.
What is biosphere to the atmosphere?
Living organisms have the ability to grow in size and develop in complexity over time. Which characteristic of life is this?
What is grow and develop?
These TWO spheres are involved in the water cycle.
What is hydrosphere and atmosphere?
These macromolecules are not soluble in water, store long-term energy, and make up most of your cell membranes.
What are lipids?
Overtime, Biodiversity on Earth has...
What is increased?
In cell membranes, phosphate heads are hydrophillic, meaning they're water-loving. Fatty acid tails are hydrophobic, meaning they're water fearing.
What macromolecule can the description above be attached to?
What are lipids?