Characteristics of Living Things
All living things are made of ____________ .
What are cells?
These cells contain cell walls and chloroplasts.
What are plant cells?
These are called the "powerhouse" of the cell.
What are mitochondria?
What are Biological Levels of Organization? (Hint: there are 5 levels)
Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism
The 3 main parts of the Nervous System.
What is the brain, spinal cord and nerves?
The ___________ is the smallest unit of life.
What is a cell?
This type of cell does not have a nucleus or membrane bound organelles.
What is a prokaryote?
This is the control center of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
Which body system protects and supports body organs and provides a framework for muscle movement?
The skeletal system.
You touch a hot pan on the stove and immediately drop it becasue it hurts! This is an example of a __________.
What is a response?
An organism has a baby that is identical to the parent with the same DNA.
What is asexual reprouction?
Animals, Plants, Fungi & Protists all have this cell type.
What are Eukaryotic cells? (Eukaryotes)
This structure regulates what can move in and out of the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
What is the function of the digestive system?
To break down food and absorb nutrients.
These detect the light touch of a feather on your skin.
What is a mechanoreceptor?
An organism that is made of one or more cells.
What is multicellular?
Bacteria have this cell type.
What are Prokaryotic cells? (Or Prokaryotes)
This plant cell structure is where food is produced through photosynthesis.
What is a chloroplast?
Which body system gets rid of excess waste from the body?
The Excretory System.
These detect scent and taste molecules in our mouth and nose.
What are chemoreceptors?
A thing or event that causes a specific reaction from an organism.
What is a stimulus?
Cells can only come from ________________.
Pre-existing Cells.
This structure is a storage area for excess water and nutrients.
What is a vacuole?
How do the circulatory & respiratory systems interact?
Blood (circulatory system) carries oxygen (brought in by the respriatory system) to all the cells of the body.
How does your nervous use the information detected by the receptors in your sensory organs?
With an immediate response or it is stored as a memory.