Vocabulary
The basic component of all living things
What is a cell?
What are Chloroplasts?
This helps a organism survive and reproduce in its environment
What is an adaptation?
He discovered and named the cell
Who is Robert Hooke?
The random appearance of a new trait in an organism is also called
What is mutation?
Cellular structure found within the cell
What is an organelle?
These produce proteins
What are ribosomes?
A type of adaptation when an organism is responding to a stimulus in its environment
What is behavioral adaptations?
The control center of the cell
What is the nucleus?
Who proposed the idea of natural selection?
Who is Charles Darwin?
A thick fluid-like substance that fills the interior of the cell and suspends organelles
What is cytoplasm?
Genetic material passed from one generations to the next
What is a chromosome?
A type of adaptation where physical features are altered to increase success of an organism
What is structural adpatation?
Allows substances in and out of the cell
What is cell membrane?
This organelle is often referred to as the "shipping center" because it sorts and packages proteins and lipids
What is Golgi apparatus?
This converts chemical energy stored in food into another form of energy, also considered the "Powerhouse" of the cell.
What is mitochondria?
Smaller sections of genetic material found in the nucleus that code traits passed to offspring
What are genes?
A type of adaptation that causes an internal change that permits an organism to perform special functions that will help it survive
What is a physiological adaptation?
This provides a place for other cell structures to function
What is the cytoplasm?
Ones ability to self regulate is referred to as
What is homeostasis?
Found in both animal and plant cells these store water and other materials
What are vacuoles?
Cells of ____ lack cell walls
What are animal cells?
This concept comes from the idea that organisms are able to change their own characteristics in order to increase their chance of survival.
This determines physical attributes
What are genes on chromosomes?
This is often the biggest key factor in survival, mutation and inheritance
What is environment?