Organisms & Traits Vocabulary
An organism, such as a plant, that makes its own food
Autotroph
A living thing
Organism
Name the organelle that contains the genetic information of all cells.
Chromosome
Concluded that all plants are made of cells
Mattias Schleiden
Reproduction involving only one parent organism is called
Asexual Reproduction
Organism made up of cells that have a membrane-bound nucleus and other organelles
Eukaryotic
Basic unit of structure and function in living things
Name the organelle that is in both plant and animal cells but larger in plant cells.
Vacoule
Concluded that all animals are made of cells
Theodore Schwann
Sexual reproduction requires
2 Parents
An organism that obtains the energy it needs by feeding on other organisms
Heterotroph
Group of organs that work together to do a specific job for an organism
Organ System
What does the cell membrane do?
controls what enters & exits the cell
Proposed that cells come from other cells
Rudolph Virchow
There is (more/less) genetic variation in sexual reproduction
More
Made up of more than one cell
Multicellular
In plants and animals, a group of cells that work together to do a specific job
Tissue
What does the mitochondria do?
creates the energy for the cell, called "Powerhouse"
Coined the term cell
Robert Hooke
In (asexual/sexual) reproduction, all of the offspring are identical to the parent organism.
Sexual Reproduction
One-celled organism that does not have a membrane-bound nucleus or organelles
Prokaryotic
In an organism, structure made of two or more different tissues which has a specialized function
Tissue
Name the 2 organelles only plant cells have.
Chloroplast & Cell Wall
First to identify single celled organisms
Anton Von Leuwenhoek
True or False
There is more genetic variation in asexual reproduction.
False