Characteristics of Life
Organization, growth and development, reproduction, response to stimuli, homeostasis and use of energy
What are the six characteristics of life?
States that all living things are made of one or more of these and all new cells come from preexisting cells
What is the cell theory?
The period during the cell cycle of a cell's growth and development
What is Interphase
Lack a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
What are Bacteria?
Small openings in the epidermis of leaves
What are stomata?
the feeling of hunger or thirst
What are examples of internal stimuli?
a macromolecule where DNA is stored
What are nucleic acids?
This phase of the cell cycle consists of mitosis and cytokinesis.
What is the Mitotic Phase
The process by which bacteria reproduce
What is fission.
An organic compound made of chains of glucose molecules
What is cellulose?
An organisms ability to maintain steady internal conditions when outside conditions change.
What is homeostasis?
A large macromolecule that does not dissolve in water
What is a lipid?
During these first two phases of Mitosis new cells receive the complete sets of information they require
What is Prophase and Metaphase?
The roots of the plants and the hyphae weave together to form this structure
What is mycorrhiza?
Conifers, cycads, ginkgo, and gnetophytes
What are four types of gymnosperms?
Bacteria, Archea, Eukarya
What are the three Domains?
An organelle in the cell's whose purpose is to support the cell and store materials
What is a vacuole?
Reproduction, growth, Replacement and Repair
What are the results of Cell Division?
They must use the cellular machinery of the host cell to replicate
What is a virus?
Generally cause increased plant growth
What are Auxins?
A series of descriptions arranged in pairs that leads the user to the identification of an unknown organism
What is a dichotomous Key?
The genetic material in this type of cell is not surrounded by a a membrane
What is a prokaryotic cell?
Forty-Six
What is the number of chromosomes in a human cell?
These are heterotrophs meaning they cannot make their own food.
What is fungi?
The plant hormone that helps to stimulate the ripening of fruit
What is ethylene?