Characteristics of Living Things
Another word for a living thing.
What is organism?
Organisms that make their own food.
What is an autotroph?
The building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
During an experiment you want to view the nucleus of a cell. How would you most easily view this organelle?
What is a microscope?
The process of breaking down food so that it can be used by living things.
What is digestion?
The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
What are cells?
The process of keeping conditions inside a body constant.
What is homeostasis?
The building blocks of lipids?
What are fatty acids?
What is the function of enzymes?
What is to speed up a reaction?
The process of getting rid of wastes?
What is excretion?
If a "living thing" is unable to grow, is it living? Explain.
No, because in order for an organism to be living, it must possess all of the characteristics of a living thing.
Chemical substances that are needed for growth and energy.
What are nutrients?
Two functions of proteins are..
What is enable movement, structural support, communication and transport, growth and repair?
What three things are needed for photosynthesis?
What is carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight?
The process by which living things produce new organisms like themselves.
Reproduction
What is 6?
The process by which a cell releases energy from food molecules.
What is cellular respiration?
This macromolecule can be tested for with iodine
What are carbohydrates?
The reason food must be digested to fit in to a cell.
What is to make it small enough to fit?
The source of energy for most living things.
In order for a species to survive generation in the continuously changing environment living things must be able to ..
What is to revolve?
An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
What is a heterotroph?
The building blocks of carbohydrates?
What are sugars/monosaccharides?
Viruses are exceptions to the cell theory, but they have some characteristics of living things. What is one of these characteristics? 1. They are made up of many specialized cells. 2. They contain genetic material. 3. They reproduce by mitosis. 4. They contain chlorophyll.
What is #2? They contain genetic material.
A reaction to a change in the environment (stimuli)?
What is a response?