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 gel-like substance within the cell membrane that contains and supports the structures of the cell.
What is cytoplasm?
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?
Define phloem tissue
What transports sugars manufactured in the leaves to the rest of the plant?
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
loss of water from a plant through evaporation
What is transpiration?
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?
Allowing some materials to pass through
What is semi-permeable?
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
What is osmosis?
The diffusion of a solvent, usually water, through a selectively permeable membrane.
The structures affected by atherosclerosis
Arteries