Vocabulary
Characteristics of life
Needs of life
Microscope
Molecules of Life
100

All the land, water, and atmosphere that supports life around the earth.

Biosphere

100

The ability to do work (or cause change)

Energy

or (Obtain energy)

100

This need makes it possible for living things to carry out their life processes by getting nutrients.

Food

100

The part of the microscope you look through.

Eyepiece (or ocular)

100
If a person is eating a meal, these would be a great source of proteins.

Meats, beans, or peanut butter

200

A large landmass, on the same plate, surrounded by a body of water.

Continent

200

This happens very quickly (like blinking) and usually has a stimulus and a response.

Respond to surroundings

200

This need begins with the sun and is passed down from one living thing to another.

Energy

200

This object is used to focus the microscope on low and medium power.  If you use it on high power it could break the slide.

Course adjustment

200

These boost your metabolism by providing an excellent source of sugar that can be broken down over time.

Carbohydrates (carbs)

300

Ability to keep the body temperature the same, despite the outside conditions

Homeostasis

300

Without these, an organism would not be counted as a living thing.

Cells

300

This need is important because every species has a specific one, based on if they are endothermic or ectothermic.

Certain Temperature
300

These are found on the microscope and can be found in low (4x), medium (10x) and high (40x).

Objectives

300

This type of sugar would be excellent for a quick boost of energy that would burn and be gone in a matter of minutes.

Simple sugars

400

A change in the environment that causes a reaction by an organism

Stimulus

400

This occurs when a single cell gets bigger or when a multicellular organism adds more cells.

Hint: If it did not occur humans would be adult babies.

Grow and develop

400

This need can be demonstrated in the Nitrogen cycle as well as the carbon dioxide - oxygen cycle.

Gas exchange

400

What is the total magnification (power) when you are looking through the eyepiece (10x) and the medium objective (10x)?

100x

400

These are the instructions for cells and found in the nucleus. Examples are DNA and RNA.

Nucleic acid

500

Made of amino acids, these are used to repair the body and help make your immune system stronger.

Proteins

500

This usually takes thousands of years and causes a change in an organism over time that allows it to survive in its environment.

Adapt to surroundings (adaptation)

500

This need provides protection and is usually found around a food and water source.

Shelter (or living space)
500

What part of the microscope do you put the specimen (glass slide) on?

Stage

500

These are found in fats and oils.  They are used to insulate for homeostasis and act like bubble wrap to protect your internal organs.

Lipids