Living Organisms
successive stages of life
life span
According to Scripture, God created his creatures fully formed, and they were to do this after their kind
reproduce
Paper, cellophane, and linen sheets are all examples of materials made from or containing this material
cellulose
A complete living thing
organism
(Bonus: condition of being alive: life)
Substance that contains carbon
organic
Every organism has at least one of these
cell
Material in a cell
cytoplasm
Smaller than cells, but larger than atoms
molecules
An organism made of only one cell
unicellular
This type of protein is a catalyst
enzyme
This is the end of a life span
death
The boxlike structures this scientist first named cells were actually cell walls
Robert Hooke
DAILY DOUBLE
Name the four general categories which molecules belong.
Group of similar cells working together
tissue
This theory views the earth and all its living organisms as one giant organism
Gaia theory
Name the three life cycles of an organism
growth reproduction death
DAILY DOUBLE
What does the cell theory state?
proteins
Ability to do work
energy
Name three life processes organisms use their energy for
growth movement response
(Bonus: name three ways living things may obtain energy: sunlight, animals, plants)All living things come from this
other living things
A living thing will do this if it adds cells faster than its cells die
grow
These are the two major kinds of nucleic acids
DNA RNA
Many algae live in this type of organization
colonial organization
(Bonus - Both animals and plants can respond to this: conditions around them)
Compounds that help change other substances without being permanently changed themselves
catalysts