Living Organisms
Energy, Environment, Reproduction, Growth, Wastes
What are the characteristics of living things?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Who is the father of microbiology?
Having one cell
What is Unicellular?
The first part of the digestive system
What is the mouth?
Systems are made of these
What are organs?
Groups of similar cells
What are tissues?
400x
Organelle used for storage of waste materials in cells
What is a vacuole?
Which atrium of the heart contains deoxygenated blood? (right or left)
Right atrium
Structure where gas exchange occurs
alveoli
Groups of tissues working together
What are organs?
The part of the microscope that you look through.
Eyepiece or Ocular Lens
The process by which you can smell pizza across the room.
Diffusion
Structures in the small intestine that increase the surface area of the small intestine for more efficient absorption of nutrients
Villi
The system responsible for sending nutrients and oxygen around the body
What is the circulatory system?
What is a cell?
What are two keys points of Cell Theory?
All living things are composed of one or more cells
Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all organism
The tissue that transports water to and from the roots to the rest of the plant
What is Xylem tissue?
Enzymes assist in this type of digestion
Chemical
The respiratory system is most responsible for this
Gas exchange
Most organisms have _________ that perform certain functions to keep the organism alive
Systems
Plant cells have this, animal cells do not
What are chloroplasts and cell walls?
The process that causes your fingers to shrivel up in the bath
Osmosis
Why do arteries have much thicker muscles surrounding them?
It's so that they can carry blood under pressure away from the heart
The structures affected by atherosclerosis
Arteries