Structure, Function, Information Processing
The basic unit of life
What is a Cell?
Humans release this when they breathe out
What is Carbon Dioxide?
Able to transform the energy of the Sun to make food
What are Producers?
Humans inherit traits from these
What are Parents?
The quality of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc...
What is Diversity?
This provides support and rigidity to cells, allowing plants to stand upright
What is the Cell Wall?
The process by which radiant energy from the Sun is transformed into chemical energy
What is Photosynthesis?
Organism that must consume other organisms
What are Consumers?
A characteristic passed from parent to offspring
What are Inherited Traits?
Fossils are found in this type of rock layer
What is Sedimentary?
Any structure inside a cell that performs a specialized function
What is the Organelle?
Change cannot occur without it
What is Energy?
When two organisms need the same resource
What is Competition?
Occurring in more than one form
What is a Variation?
Living things do this in response to changes in their environment
What is Evolve?
The organelle that turns stored energy into usable energy
What is the Mitochondrion?
A process in which substances chemically rearrange to form new substances
What is a Chemical Reaction?
An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another organism
What is a Predatory Interaction?
Large molecules made of amino acids
What are Proteins?
Study of the structure of animals
What is Anatomy?
An organ with nerve endings that responds to stimulation
What is the Brain?
In animals, large molecules are broken down into smaller molecules.
What is Digestion?
Breaks down plant and animal remains and waste into molecules that producers reuse to make energy
What are Decomposers?
Different versions of a gene
What are Alleles?
Scientists can determine the relative age of rocks using this technique
What is Radioactive Dating?