necessities of
life
characteristics
of
life
100

What are the 4 Necessities of Life?

food water air place to live


100

producer

make their own food and provide food for other living things

100

what is a cell

a membrane-covered structure that contains all of the materials necessary for life

100

If suddenly you go outside and feel the need to put a jacket on what science term would the temperature be called?

Stimulus

100

What is the blueprints of a life structure called?


DNA

200

Consumers

eat other organisms to get their food

200

break down the nutrients in other organisms and animal wastes

Decomposers

200

when your are cold what will your body do to warm you 

shiver

200

homeostasis

the maintenance of a stable internal environment

200

Sexual reproduction

two parents produce offspring

300

Habitat

a place were living things live

300

your body is made out of % water

70%

300

Heredity

the transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next

300

Asexual reproduction

a single parent produces the offspring

300

total of all chemical activities that occur in an organism

Metabolism

400

humans can only last about three days without

water

400

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

400

how meny cells doose an orginism nedd to be called living

one or more

400

Define Metabolism.


Metabolism is the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism.

400

What are the two jobs of lipids?


1. Phospholipid - Cell Membrane 2. Fat/Oils - 2nd Energy Source

500

An organism that can live without air is called a

Anaerobic Organism

500

 mixture of several different gases, including oxygen and carbon dioxide

air

500

What type of organism commonly uses asexual reproduction?

Prokaryotes

500

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

500

what dose DNA stand for 

(deoxyribonucleic acid)