Characteristics of Life
Necessities of Life
Metric System
Cell parts
Experimental Design
100
a membrane-covered structure that contains all of the materials necessary for life
What is a cell?
100

a mixture of several different gases, including nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide

What is air?

100

How many meters are in 1 km?

What is 1000?

100

Name the outer part of a plant cell that gives it support

What is a cell wall

100

The variables that stay the same in an experiment

What are controls

200

Creating new organisms through breeding, asexual budding or cloning

What is reproducing?

200
almost all organisms are approximately 70% of this
What is water?
200

How many centimeters are 0.56 meters

What is 56 cm

200

What is the main storage of food and water in a plant cell

What is large vacuole

200

The experimental variable that is changed on purpose is called this.

What is independent variable

300

a single parent produces offspring that are identical to the parent

What is asexual reproduction?

300

this gives organisms energy and the raw materials needed to carry on life processes.

What is Food/ nutrients?

300

78.5 cm is how many m?

What is 0.785 m

300

What is the job of the cell membrane?

What is to let things in/out of the cell

300

What is the variable measured and recorded for results called?

What is dependent variable

400

The maintenance/balance of a stable internal environment

What is Homeostasis

400

organisms that can make their own food using photosynthesis?

What are Producers (plants)?

400

How many L is 3, 456 mL

What is 3.456L

400

Where is the DNA kept and the instructions for the cell given

the nucleus

400

In an experiment, 20 girls and 20 boys raced to the cafeteria.  A timer was used to record seconds to get there.What is the independent variable?What is the dependent variable?

What is gender?

What is time to get to the cafeteria.

500

Removing waste from the body is called this

What is excretion?

500

organisms that get their food by breaking down the nutrients in dead organisms or animal wastes, such as worms or bacteria

What are decomposers?

500

A dog travels 456 m over 5 minutes.  How far could the dog travel in an hour?

What is 5472 m?

500

What are two structures that protists can use to move around with in water

What is flagella and cilia

500

In an experiment, three sunflower plants are raised with different solutions of salt amount.  They grew up in similar pots, same amount of dirt, similar light conditions, and similar temp. The height of each plant was recorded over 2 weeks with a cm ruler.Name the 5 constants.

pot size

temp

light condition

dirt volume

type of plant (sunflower)