Cellular Processes
What molecule is known as the "energy currency" of the cell?
What is ATP?
What is the term for maintaining a stable internal environment?
What is homeostasis?
What is an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
What is a living component, such as plants or animals?
What is the function of the circulatory system?
What is to transport oxygen, nutrients, and waste products?
Define a producer in an ecosystem.
What is an organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis?
What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?
What is photosynthesis?
Give an example of a homeostatic mechanism in humans
What is regulating body temperature or blood glucose levels?
What is the term for a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area?
What is a population?
Name the main structures of the respiratory system.
What are the lungs, trachea, and diaphragm?
What is the basic unit of life?
What is the cell?
What is the process by which water moves across a selectively permeable membrane?
What is osmosis?
How does the body respond when blood glucose levels are high?
What is the release of insulin to help cells absorb glucose?
Describe the relationship between predators and prey.
What is a predator hunts and eats prey, which affects population sizes?
What is the primary function of the digestive system?
What is to break down food into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body?
How do enzymes affect the activation energy of chemical reactions?
What is they lower the activation energy?
What is the main purpose of cellular respiration?
What is to produce energy in the form of ATP?
How does the body respond when it becomes too cold to maintain homeostasis?
What is shivering to generate heat and constricting blood vessels to reduce heat loss?
What is the difference between a niche and a habitat?
What is a niche is the role of an organism in its ecosystem, while a habitat is where it lives?
Describe the function of the nervous system in maintaining homeostasis.
What is to detect changes in the environment and send signals to respond?
What is the primary role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
What is to break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients?
Describe the role of enzymes in cellular processes.
What are catalysts that speed up chemical reactions by lowering activation energy?
Explain the role of negative feedback in homeostasis.
What is a process where a system's output reduces or shuts down the initial stimulus to maintain stability?
How do invasive species disrupt ecosystems?
What is by outcompeting native species and altering food chains?
How do the circulatory and respiratory systems work together to maintain homeostasis?
What is by delivering oxygen to tissues and removing carbon dioxide from the body?
Give an example of a positive feedback mechanism.
What is the release of oxytocin during childbirth to intensify contractions?