Living
Out of the following, which are considered living?
Bread mold, Fire, Rhinovirus, Blue cheese, Kelp, Apple
Bread mold, Kelp, Blue cheese,
Amoeba, Corn, Cotton boll, Clouds, Rhinovirus, Tornado
Cotton boll, Clouds, Rhinovirus, Tornado
When added to water, camphor began to move and swirl. Is this evidence that it is a living thing?
No
It can spread through touch, air, or fluids.
This is used by living things to move and function.
Energy
Which two materials in our lab were living?
Yeast and Radish seeds
Which two materials were nonliving in our lab?
Red sand and Polyacrylate Crystals
What is created by food and must be discarded/removed from the body?
waste
Why do people debate whether viruses are alive or not?
Because they are able to reproduce and contain DNA, but they cannot reproduce on their own like a living thing can.
All living things.
organism
What evidence did we see that the radish seeds are living?
When added to water, they started to germinate.
What is the difference between dead and nonliving?
Dead means that it lived once before whereas nonliving means it was never alive.
How do humans exchange gas?
We breath in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide.
When being spread, what two steps are the same for both Lytic and Lysogenic viruses?
They both attach to a host cell first and then inserts DNA/RNA into host cell.
This is produced by food and must be discarded.
waste
True or False: All living things are made of cells.
True
True or False: Crystals are living because they can grow.
False - they can grow but its only adding material, not reproducing new material.
Describe what homeostasis means.
Which type produces more serious, life threatening illnesses?
Lysogenic - they infect your DNA with their DNA (HIV)
To make new organisms of their kind.
reproduce
What animal cannot become dormant?
Humans
What evidence of life did we see with the nonliving materials in our lab?
The orbies soaked up water and expanded.
Give the meaning of each letter in the acronym C.H.A.R.M.I.N.G.
C - Cells
H - homeostasis
A - Adapt to environment
R - Reproduce
M - Metabolism
I - Interact with environment
N - Nucleic Acid
G - Growth
Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus attaches to your immune system so you are no longer able to fight viruses or infections.
Conditions that allow living things to become active.
suitable environment