Vocabulary
A suggested, testable answer to a scientific question
Hypothesis
Large sac used to store food, water and waste
Vacuole
Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Biotic Factors are the living physical and chemical parts of an ecosystem or envrionment while the abiotic factors are the non living parts
When two organisms go after the same limited resources in an ecosystem
Competition
Name 2 types of microscopes
Compound Light Microscopes, Electron Microscopes
A collection of the SAME type of atom
Rigid structure that supports and protects a plant cell
Cell Wall
Producers and Consumers
Producers are autotrophs and create their own food, Consumers are heterotrophs and rely on their environment for food, they eat producers and other consumers
An interaction in which one organism kills and eats the other organism
Predation
What are the 3 main points of Cell Theory?
2.Cells arise from existing cells
3. The cell is the basic unit of structure and function
An abrupt change in the DNA of an organism compared to its parents
Mutation
"Powerhouse" of the cell
Mitochondria
Quantitative and Qualitative Observations
Quantitative Observations can be measured/counted, Qualitative cannot be counted and include things like color, texture etc
Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms
Decomposers
The 4 things that ALL cells have
Contains DNA, Plasma Membrane, Cytoplasm, Ribosomes
The amount of energy needed to get a reaction started
Activation Energy
Ribosomes are made here
Nucleolus
Ionic and Covalent Bonds
Ionic bonds give/receive electrons, Covalent bonds share electrons
An interaction in which both organisms benefit from the relationship
Mutualism
The 6 Criteria for life
Has Cells, DNA/Reproduction, Sense/Respond to Stimuli, Homeostasis, Grows and Develops, Requires Energy and can Metabolize
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance
Heat Capacity
Flattened membranes that store proteins and lipids
Golgi Aparatus/Complex
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
Eukaryotic Cells have a nucleus and membrane bound organelle, Prokaryotic cells do not
An interaction in which one organism benefits from the relationship and the other organism is unaffected.
Commensalism
Cells must carry out 12 functions to survive. Name 5
Ingestion, Digestion, Respiration, Transport, Homeostasis, Synthesis, Secretion, Excretion, Egestion, Irritability, Movement, Reproduction