What are the 4 Necessities of Life?
food water air place to live
producer
make their own food and provide food for other living things
what is a cell
a membrane-covered structure that contains all of the materials necessary for life
If suddenly you go outside and feel the need to put a jacket on what science term would the temperature be called?
Stimulus
What is the blueprints of a life structure called?
DNA
Consumers
eat other organisms to get their food
break down the nutrients in other organisms and animal wastes
Decomposers
when your are cold what will your body do to warm you
shiver
homeostasis
the maintenance of a stable internal environment
Sexual reproduction
two parents produce offspring
Habitat
a place were living things live
your body is made out of % water
70%
Heredity
the transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next
Asexual reproduction
a single parent produces the offspring
total of all chemical activities that occur in an organism
Metabolism
humans can only last about three days without
water
What is the difference between simple carbs and complex carbs.
Simple - One/ A Few Sugar(s), Short Term Energy Complex - Hundreds of Sugars, Long Term Energy, Starch
how meny cells doose an orginism nedd to be called living
one or more
Define Metabolism.
Metabolism is the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism.
What are the two jobs of lipids?
1. Phospholipid - Cell Membrane 2. Fat/Oils - 2nd Energy Source
An organism that can live without air is called a
Anaerobic Organism
mixture of several different gases, including oxygen and carbon dioxide
air
What type of organism commonly uses asexual reproduction?
Prokaryotes
What are the 6 Characteristics of Life?
1. Have Cells 2. Respond to Change 3. Have DNA 4. Use Energy 5. Reproduce 6. Grow/Develop
what dose DNA stand for
(deoxyribonucleic acid)