Characteristics of Living Things
Cells
Life Changes Over Time
Classification
Simple Organisms
100
Organisms are made up of one or more of these, the building blocks of life
What are cells
100
Main parts of a cell are the cell membrane, the nucleus, and the
What is cytoplasm
100
A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves
What is a species
100
The largest classification level
What is a Kingdom?
100
All algae contain this
What is chlorophyll
200
Organisms use energy in the form of this
What is sunlight
200
One of the functions of the cell wall includes the movement of this through the cell
What is water
200
The long neck of a giraffe is an example of
What is an adaptation
200
This is what happens to the number of organisms in each classification level as you move from the kingdom level to each of the next levels
What is decrease
200
A kind of asexual reproduction in which a new organism forms from a bud on a parent
What is budding
300
Organisms can protect themselves from these. A chameleon is an example
What are predators?
300
Movement of molecules from crowded areas to less crowded areas is called
What is diffusion
300
Survival of offspring that have favorable traits
What is natural selection
300
Grouping things according to how they are alike
What is classification?
300
The reproductive cells of fungi
What are spores
400
Organisms change and develop. This is known as
What is growing
400
Controls what molecules pass in and out of a cell
What is cell membrane
400
the process by which species change over time.
What is evolution
400
Organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves make up
What is a species
400
Microscopic organisms that float on or near the ocean's surface
What are plankton
500
How organisms can generate offspring.
What is reproduce
500
This cell carries oxygen
What is red blood cells
500
Organisms that are no longer found as living species
What is extinct
500
What two parts make up the scientific name of an organism
What is genus and species
500
Cilia and flagella help organisms do this
What is move
M
e
n
u