Random Biology
What biomolecule serves as a fast source of energy?
carbohydrates
Both organisms benefit from this type of symbiotic relationship.
mutualism
The name of an organism that produces its own food
What is an autotroph?
Describe commensalism.
A relationship where one species benefits from another species and that species is not harmed or helped.
What is the basic unit of life?
Cells
What macromolecule is responsible for building, regulating, and maintaining your body?
Protein
An animal without a backbone
What are invertebrates?
The instrument used for viewing cells
What is a microscope?
The system that is responsible for breathing
What is the Respiratory System
The process by which water moves through the cell membrane to balance out a high concentration of solutes.
osmosis
An animal with 8 legs and 2 body parts
What is an arachnid?
The man who figured out the classification of living things
Carl Linneus
What tool would be used to help scientists predict genetic conditions or ideal traits?
Punnett Squares
An animal that eats plants
What is an herbivore?
Are viruses living or nonliving? WHY?
Nonliving; they cannot reproduce on their own...needs a host. (Does have DNA & evolve over time)
name 2 diseases caused by bacteria
E.coli, Lyme disease
2 diseases caused by virus
HIV, Covid
5 kinds of bones
What are long, short, irregular, flat and seismoid?
The main body of a mushroom
What is mycelium?
What type of cell is a chloroplast found in?
plant cell
2 human uses for bacteria
penicillin, yogurt
Which characteristic do all plants, animals, protists, and fungi have in common?
They are eukaryotic (have a nucleus)
A stable state of an organism (getting enough of what it needs)
What is homeostasis?
List all 7 Characteristics of Life
1. Made of Cells
2. Respond to Stimuli
3. Reproduce
4. Grow
5. adapt/Evolve
6. Have DNA
7. Use Energy (Metabolism)
the process by which the organisms survive who are best suited to the environment
Natural selection