Basic Facts
Auto and Hetero
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
100

What is made out of cells?


Any organism.

100

What is a heterotroph and what is an autotroph?

An autotroph gets its own food and a heterotroph uses other organisms to get food or energy.


100

Define cell.


The basic unit of structure and function in living things

100

Define organism.

Any living thing.


100

Define classification.

The process of grouping things based on their similarities.



200

What are the three basic things organism need to survive?

Food, water, and space.


200

Is a tick a heterotroph or an autotroph?

It is a heterotroph.


200

Define unicellular.



A single celled organism.

200

Define multicellular.


An organism consisting of many cells.


200

Define genus.

a group of similar, closely related organisms



300

True or False, all organisms contain very different chemicals.

False


300

Is a wolf a autotroph or a heterotroph?


It is a autotroph.

300

Define species.


A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring.

300

Define response.


An action or change in behavior when it reacts to a stimuli.


300

Define taxonomy.

The scientific study of how organisms are classified.


400

What does life produce?


More life.


400

Is a Zebra a hetertroph or an autotroph?


It is a hetertroph.

400

Define characteristics.


A feature that helps to identify something.

400

Define Spontaneous generation.


The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources.

400

Define Domain.

The broadest level of organization.


500

All organisms grow, develop, and ______


Reproduce

500

Is a human an autotroph or a heterotroph?


They are hetertroph's.


500

Define stimulus.


Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way.


500

Define Homeostasis.

The maintenance of stable internal conditions.


500

Define binomial nomenclature.

When a species is given a name that indicates its genus and species.