Characteristics of Life
The basic unit of a structure and function of all living things
What is a cell?
**An abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, which is the genetic material passed from parent to offspring
What is DNA?
A protective layer surrounding a cell that controls what enters and leaves the cell
What is the Cell Membrane?
a system in which people or things are arranged in a ranking order according to importance
What is Hierarchy?
An organic compound composed of sugar molecules that is used by the body for energy
What are Carbohydrates?
Composed of many cells
What is multicellular?
A pure substance consisting of only one type of atom
What is an element?
A strong, supportive layer around the cell membrane in plants, algae, and some bacteria and fungi
What is a Cell Wall?
A way of grouping organisms based on the characteristics they share
What is classification?
A unit of two or more atoms
What is a molecule?
The ability to do work
What is energy?
A pure substance that is made up of atoms of two or more different elements
What is a compound?
An organism composed of one or more cells that contain nuclei
What is an Eukaryote?
What is Taxonomy?
A compound that contains carbon
What is an organic compound?
**The state of maintaining a stable internal environment despite changing external conditions
What is homeostasis?
The stuff that everything is made of.
What is Matter?
The control center of the cell that contains DNA
What is the nucleus?
**A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring that can mate
What is Species?
What is a Dichotomous Key
The process of producing an organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which it was produced
What is cloning?
The smallest possible particle of an element
**A reproductive cell that is resistant to harsh conditions and capable of developing into an adult without fusing with another cell
What is a Spore?
A two-word system for naming organisms in which the first part is the genus and the second part is the species
What is binomial nomenclature?
A feature or quality.
What is a characteristic?