Characteristics of Living Organisms
What does MRS GREN stand for?
What is Movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrition.
What are the five kingdoms?
What is Animals, Plants, Fungi, Prokaryotes, Protoctists
What molecule stores energy for cellular functions?
What is ATP
What structure provides support to plant cells?
What is The cell wall.
What increases the rate of diffusion?
Larger surface area, higher temperature, or steeper concentration gradient.
Which characteristic of living organisms is about detecting environmental changes?
What is Sensitivity
What is the two-part naming system used in classification?
What is Binomial nomenclature.
Define active transport.
What is Movement of particles against a concentration gradient using energy.
What is plasmolysis?
Cytoplasm shrinking away from the cell wall.
What is osmosis?
What is Movement of water from high to low water potential through a partially permeable membrane.
What does 'nutrition' provide for organisms?
What is Materials for energy, growth, and development.
Name one example of a vertebrate.
What is Frog, human, bird, etc.
What is the main difference between osmosis and diffusion?
What is Osmosis involves water; diffusion involves particles.
What term describes animal cells shrinking due to water loss?
Crenation
Define a dilute solution.
What is Solution with high water and low solute concentration.
Which process removes waste products from the body?
What is Excretion
What distinguishes invertebrates from vertebrates?
What are Invertebrates lacking a backbone
What happens to water potential as solute concentration increases?
What is It decreases.
What happens to a plant cell placed in pure water?
What is It becomes turgid.
What happens to a cell in a hypertonic solution?
What is It loses water and becomes flaccid or crenated.
What is necessary for a species' survival over time?
What is Reproduction
What level in classification comes after "kingdom"?
What is Phylum
Which process allows nutrients to enter cells through the membrane?
What is Diffusion
What part of the cell controls movement of substances in and out?
The cell membrane.
What type of membrane is required for osmosis?
A partially permeable membrane.