Metabolism and Energy
The sum total of all processes in and organism that convert energy and matter from outside sources and uses that energy and matter to sustain the organism's life funtion
What is Metabolism?
Process by which a single organism produces genetically identical offspring. (Offspring receive all DNA from one parent)
What is Asexual Reproduction?
the Smallest units of an organism considered alive.
What is a Cell?
Using your five senses to factually describe a situation.
What is an Observation?
Organisms that eat only plants.
What are Herbivores?
The sum total of all processes in an Organism that breaks down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks
What is Catabolism?
Process by which two parents produce generically different offspring ( offspring receives a combination of DNA from two parents.)
What is Sexual Reproduction?
The Latin Prefix means "one", so _________ means "single-celled".
What is Unicellular?
Logical interpretations based on prior knowledge, experience, or evidence.
What is Inference?
Organisms that eat only organisms other than plants
What are Carnivores?
The sum total of all processes in an organism that use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life.
What is Anabolism?
The Process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent (or parents) to the offspring.
What is Inheritance?
The Latin Prefix Multi means "Many", So ________ means "Many-celled".
What is Multicellular?
What is a Hypothesis?
Organisms that eat both plants and other organisms.
What are Omnivores?
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food.
What is Photosynthesis?
What is a Mutation?
The idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions.
What is Abiogenesis?
A Microscope that shines a light through a specimen using two lenses to magnify an image.
What is a Compound light microscope?
Organisms that depend on other organisms for their food.
What are Heterotrophs?
Special structures that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their internal or external environment.
What are Receptors?
Living Creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye.
What are Microorganisms?
A Microscope that passes a beam from electrons over the surface of a specimen.
Organisms that are able to make their own food.
What are Autotrophs?