Branches of Life Science
Parts of a living thing-organs, muscles, bones
What is Anatomy?
Any living thing is called?
An organism
Organisms require food and water for growth & _________?
Energy
The process of taking in food is called?
Ingestion
New organisms produced by living things is called?
Offspring
How the parts of living things work and function
what is Physiology?
The basic unit of structure and function in living things is called?
the cell
Most living things require what element to convert food into energy?
Oxygen
The process of breaking down food so that it can be used by organisms is called?
Digestion
Type of reproduction requiring 2 parents is called?
Sexual Reproduction
The study of plants
What is Botany?
A reaction to a change in your surroundings is called?
A Response
The ability of an organism to keep conditions inside its body constant despite of external changes to environment is called?
Homeostasis
A chemical substance that is needed to cary out life processes?
Nutrient
Type of reproduction requiring only 1 parent?
Asexual Reproduction
What is the study of animals?
Zoology
The source of energy for most living things is?
The sun
Organisms that are capable of producing their own food are called?
Autotroph
The process of moving nutrients and wastes in a living thing is called?
Transport
The growth of a new organism from the parent organisms is called? (hint: grows on the cell wall)
Budding (yeasts)
Branch of life science related to the interaction of living things and their surroundings.
Ecology
What are the characteristics of living things? (name 3)
have cells, grow or develop, reproduce offspring, use energy, respond to changes, have features to help adapt to surroundings.
Organisms that are not capable of producing their own food and must eat others is called a?
Heterotroph
The process by which a cell releases energy from food molecules? (hint: you have to breath)
Cellular Respiration
Reproduction where an organism splits in two? (hint: nuclear)
Fission (Binary)