Single Celled Organisms
Which organism is best classified as a single-celled organism?
A. grasshopper
B. pine needle
C. bacteria
What is c. bacteria?
How is a plant different from bacteria?
A. Plants are multi-celled but bacterial is single-celled.
B. Bacteria is multi-celled but a plant is single-cell.
What is A. Plants are multi-celled but bacterial is single-celled?
Why does a human require specialized cells to live?
A. Specialized cells allow humans to adapt to changes.
B. Human bodies have systems that require different cells.
C. Specialized cells allow for all life processes to occur in one cell.
What is B. Human bodies have systems that require different cells?
What is the word that means "The scientific study of heredity"
What is genetics?
Acquired or Inherited? Leaf Shape
What is Inherited?
Which organism is single-celled?
A. tree
B. dog
C. bacteria
What is C. bacteria?
Which best describes a multi-celled organism?
A. complex
B. simple
C. uniform
What is A. complex?
How are rabbits different from bacteria?
A. Rabbits need only a single cell to complete all life processes.
B. Rabbits need multiple cells to complete all life processes
What is B. Rabbits need multiple cells to complete all life processes?
This 3 letter abbreviation has all the information needed to make a complete organism.
What is DNA?
Acquired or Inherited? Athletic ability
What is acquired?
What is the main purpose of single-celled organisms?
A. to reproduce
B. to survive
C. to produce food
What is B. to survive?
Which is an example of multi-celled organisms?
A. amoeba
B. bacteria
C. crickets
What is C. crickets?
What is the name of the "boss" of a cell?
What is the nucleus?
"The passing of traits from parents to offspring"
What is heredity?
"A characteristic that an organism gets during its lifetime that is not determined by its DNA"
What is an acquired trait?
Which is an example of a single-celled organism?
A. fungi
B. fish
C. tree
What is A. fungi?
White tailed deer have many body systems that work together to perform the functions necessary for survival. Which best describes the white-tailed deer?
A. an organism with no cells
B. an organism with many cells
C. an organism with only one cell
What is B. an organism with many cells?
These are the building blocks that make up all plants, animals, and humans.
What are cells?
This is the study of how traits—like eye color, hair type, and height—are passed down from parents to children through tiny, coded instructions called genes
What is Genetics?
"Traits or characteristics that are determined by an organism’s DNA that is from their parents"?
What is Inherited Traits?
Which best describes a function of survival that single-celled organisms CANNOT perform?
A. reproduction of cells
B. obtaining nutrients for a cell
C. Specialization of labor
What is C. Specialization of labor?
An ostrich egg is one of the largest single celled organisms. True or False?
What is TRUE!
This part of the cell provides the "energy" to the cell.
What is mitochondria?
There are two types of genes: Dominant and recessive. Which ones do you "see"? (Which ones are stronger?)
What are the dominant genes?
A bird building a nest is an example of ?
What is an inherited trait? (it is an instinct)!