The Earth
What is units which living things are composed of?
Bioelements
What type of nutrition do animals follow?
heterotrophic
What type of nutrition do plants use?
Autotrophic
What does it mean to be unicellular?
an organism consisting of a singular cell
What are all living things in the universe made of?
Atoms
What are the four nutrition functions of animals?
herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and saprophytic
What is the process called where plants create organic matter from inorganic matter?
photosynthesis
What does it mean to be multicellular?
an organism consisting of more than one cell
Name 4 reasons why the earth is perfect for inhabiting life?
The distance between earth and sun, water in a liquid state, the presence of basic chemical elements, terrestrial atmosphere
What are the two types of circulatory systems?
Open and closed
What type of movements do plants make?
Tropism and Nastic
Who first discovered a cell?
Robert Hooke
What is an example of two trace elements?
Iron and Iodine
What systems work together to coordinate responses to stimuli?
Nervous and endocrine systems
What is cell respiration in plants?
Using organic matter to produce energy
What unit do we use to measure cells?
micrometres
What are the six different chemical elements that make up all living things?
Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur
What are the three different types of embryonic development in animals?
oviparous, viviparous, and ovoviviparous
What captured energy from the sunlight and uses this energy to create organic material?
Chlorophyll
What advantages does cell specialization give multicellular living things? Name three.
Division of labor, greater efficiency, longevity