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Characteristics of Life
Necessities of Life
Vocab
Is anybody hungry?
Potpourri!
100
A membrane covered structure that contains all the materials necessary for life.
What is a cell?
100
An organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings.
What is a producer?
100
The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
What is heredity?
100
Energy giving nutrients that includes sugars and starches.
What are carbohydrates?
100
2 things are lipids used for.
What is energy and making the cell membrane?
200
Any change that affects the activity of an organism.
What is a stimulus?
200
70% of each living things is made of this.
What is water?
200
The process where plants use energy from the sun, carbon dioxide and water to produce food.
What is photosynthesis?
200
There are two types of carbohydrates: Carbs made of 1 or 2 sugars and carbs made of 100s of sugars. The name of these 2 types of carbohydrates.
What are simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates?
200
These molecules are needed to build and repair body structures.
What are proteins?
300
Type of reproduction where one parent produces an offspring identical to themselves.
What is asexual reproduction?
300
An organism that eats other organisms.
What is a consumer?
300
The sum of all the chemical processes that occur in an organism.
What is metabolism?
300
A molecule that is made up of smaller molecules called amino acids.
What are proteins?
300
The major energy carrying molecule in the cell.
What is ATP?
400
Type of reproduction where 2 parents produce an offspring different from themselves.
What is Sexual Reproduction?
400
An organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organism or animal wastes.
What is a decomposer?
400
Maintaining a constant internal state in a changing environment.
What is Homeostasis?
400
A biochemical compound that does not mix with water.
What is a lipid?
400
These molecules have all the information needed for a cell to make proteins.
What are nucleic acids?
500
Name the 6 characteristics of Life.
What are Have cells, Sense and Respond to change, Reproduce, Have DNA, Use Energy, and Grow and develop.
500
What are the 4 necessities of life?
What are water, air, a place to live, and food?
500
The lipid that makes up the cell membrane.
What is a phospholipid?
500
A molecule made up of subunits called nucleotides?
What are nucleic acids?
500
Organisms that don't need air to live are said to be this.
What is anaerobic organisms?