Characteristics
Of Living Things
Of Living Things
These contain all the materials necessary for life.
What are cells?
organisms that get their food by breaking down the nutrients in dead organisms or animal waste.
What is a decomposer?
Everything, living or not, are made up of these tiny building blocks.
What are atoms?
These are made up of individual atoms or molecules that are arranged in an extremely organized structure.
What are crystals?
A special type of protein that speeds up certain chemical reactions in a cell.
What are enzymes?
When a single parent produces offspring that are identical to themselves.
What is Asexual Reproduction?
All living things need food, water, air, and...
What is a place to live?
A group of compounds made of sugars.
What are carbohydrates??
Type of crystal made up of carbon, which are one of the strongest and hardest natural materials on earth.
What is a diamond?
The second most abundant material in a cell.
What are proteins?
The transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next.
What is heredity?
Give an example of a producer.
What is any plant?
Molecules that form much of the cell membrane.
What are phospholipids?
refers to how much of a substance can dissolve in a certain amount of liquid.
What is solubility?
The total of all the chemical activities that an organism performs.
What is metabolism?
The maintenance of a stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
Most cells are made up mostly of this
What is 70% water?
The major fuel used for all cell activities that require energy.
What is ATP?
Crystals that grow inside rocks
What is a geode?
The substance being dissolved in a solution.
What is a solute?
A change in an organisms environment that affects the activity of the organism.
What is stimulus?
Sharing ideas and conclusions with others through writing and speaking
What is communicating?
The subunits of proteins
What are amino acids?
The largest concentration of crystals on earth.
What are rocks?
There are 2 ways to grow crystals. The evaporation method and what other method?
What is the "cooling method"?