Key Terms
What is the basic unit of structure and function in all living organisms?
What is a cell
The way living things arise from living things.
What is reproduction
The increase in temperature around an animal is an example of what?
What is a stimulus
This word means self
What is auto
What are the three basic needs of all living things?
What are food, water, and living space?
What is the term for a change in an organism’s surroundings that causes a reaction?
What is a stimulus
A scientist carries out two tests that are identical in every respect except for one factor in this experiment.
What is controlled experiment
If a plant bends toward sunlight, is that the stimulus or response?
What is response
What is troph
What type of organism makes its own food?
What is an autotroph?
What type of reproduction involves two parents combining genetic material?
What is sexual reproduction
The mistaken idea that living things can arise from nonliving sources.
What is spontaneous generation
An animal running away from a predator is an example of what?
What is a response
This word means other.
What is hetero
What type of organism must eat others to get food?
What is a heterotroph
What is the process by which organisms maintain stable internal conditions?
What is homeostasis
_____and_____helped to convince people that living things do not arise from nonliving material.
Who are Redi and Pasteur
Shivering to generate heat when cold is an example of what?
What is a response?
All living things have these 6 characteristics.
What is food, water, living space, and homeostasis.
What is maintaining stable internal conditions, which is essential for cell function?
What term describes the genetic material found in cells?
What are nucleic acids
The one factor that a scientist changes.
What is a manipulated variable
When a student hears a loud noise and covers their ears, what is the noise considered?
What is a stimulus
A tool that uses lenses to magnify small objects.
What is a microscope
A camel that stores up fat in its hump in order to survive from the limited water in the desert is an example of what characteristic of living things?