Order/Organization & Energy Processing
FFF (important phrase) for order and organization.
What is form follows function?
All cells need to maintain this to survive.
What is homeostasis?
Is used by most organisms (some use it infrequently).
What is sexual reproduction?
Water resists changes in temperature due to its ___.
What is high specific heat capacity?
Increase in number or size of cells over time.
What is growth?
The smallest unit of life.
What are cells?
Metabolism is the sum of.
What is anabolism + catabolism?
Produces offspring genetically different to parent; allows for variation and genetic shuffling.
What is sexual reproduction?
Water molecules hold onto each other.
VS.
Attraction between two different substances.
What is cohesion?
VS.
What is adhesion?
The 3 domains.
What is:
-Bacteria
-Archaea
-Eukarya
Organisms that produce food from inorganic materials.
What are autotrophs?
This is generally fatal with few exceptions (such as contractions during childbirth).
What is a positive feedback mechanism?
Produces offspring identical to parent and expends less energy.
What is asexual reproduction?
Water molecules push farther apart from each other in a solid state.
What is ice floats?
Pattern of change typical for a species.
What is development?
Energy enters the system from ____, and leaves as ____.
What is the sun?
What is heat?
Define Response to Stimuli.
A stimulus triggers a response if the organism determines it could be harmful.
The universal genetic language common to all organisms.
What is DNA?
Water is known as the ____ ___ due to its polarity and ability to form hydrogen bonds easily.
What is universal solvent?
If a solution has a pH of 3, it will have a high concentration of ___ ions, and a low concentration of ___ ions.
What is hydrogen?
What is hydroxide?
A usable energy molecule that is made by cellular respiration.
What is ATP?
Returns an organism to normal conditions.
What is a negative feedback mechanism?
Does not involve gametes.
What is asexual reproduction?
An ion is floating in an aqueous solution. The oxygen molecules are facing the ion, while the hydrogen molecules are facing away. This ion has a ___ charge.
What is positive?
___ dissolves ___.
What is like?