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Criteria for Life
Anatomy and Physiology
Cells
Botany
100

What is photosynthesis?

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food

100

The first criteria of life is that all loving this contain hereditary information in their____ which enables life to continue through reproduction 

DNA

100

What is anatomy?

Study of parts and structures of organisms 

100

Which of the following are molecules that make up carbohydrates?

(simple sugars, nucleotides, fatty acids, amino acids)

simple sugars

100

What is botany?

Study of plants

200

What is a cell?

Smallest unit of life in creation

200
The second criteria for life is that all living things have a method by which they extract _____ from their surroundings and convert it into energy that sustains them.
energy
200

What is physiology?

Study of how parts and structures of organisms and how they operate and work together

200

Why is a semipermeable membrane helpful to a cell?

Allows necessary substances in and keeps unwanted substances out

200

What are the 2 types of stems that scientists refer to help identify plants?

Woody and herbaceous 

300
Define classification?

A method of sorting things according to shared qualities or characteristics.

300

The third criteria for life is that all living things can  ______ changes in their surroundings and ______ to those changes. 

sense, respond

300
Name 2 of the 4 common types of tissue in a human body

Epithelial, muscle, connective and nerve

300

What are the 4 major chemicals of life?

Carbs, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids

300

What are the 3 types of leaf venations?

Parallel, pinnate, and palmate

400
What is a decomposer?

An organism that breaks down the dead remains of other organisms

400
Give an example of how your body chemically regulates your internal environment? 

sweat, breathing, blood sugar, heart rate

400

What is a tissue?

Group of cells working together for a specific function

400

Which organelle is responsible for making proteins?

Ribosomes

400

What is an example of a plant without vascular tissue?

Moss

500

What is genetics?

The study of genes

500

What is the 6th criteria of life?

All living things grow

500

Name 6 of the 11 bodily systems.

Cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, reproductive, urinary, lymphatic, reproductive 

500

What is a phospholipid? 

A molecule that has a hydrophobic tail and hydrophilic head that line the membranes of cells

500

What are the 3 major functions of roots?

Anchor, transport water/nutrients, food storage