Characteristics
An ______ is a living thing that carries out all the basic life functions.
Organism.
What does the mitochondria do in the cell?
Converts sugar to energy
A group of tissue working together to form a specific function is...
A organ.
This type of cell does NOT contain a nucleus. Its DNA is free flowing around the cell.
Prokaryotic.
This body system is responsible for the movement of blood through the heart and body.
What is the circulatory system?
All organism must be able to take in and use what?
Energy.
What is the cytoplasm?
Gel-like fluid that protects the other organelles.
What is the most basic building block of living things?
Cells.
This type of cell is multicellular but can be unicellular at times. For example protists or fungi.
Eukaryotic cells.
Breaks down and handles food.
In order for species to carry on all living things must be able to do what?
Reproduce.
Which cells have a cell membrane?
All of them!
A group of organs come together to form what?
An organ system.
What cell type was thought to be the first cell on Earth?
Prokaryotic cells.
You could not breathe without this system.
The neural pathway taught us that all organism must be able to sense and respond to what?
Change.
What does a plant cell have that an animal cell does not?
Cell wall or chloroplast or large vacuole.
A group of cells come together to form what?
Tissue.
What defines multicellular?
An organism composed of several or many cells.
A ____ is where two or more bones meet.
A joint.
Organism do not start as full grown adults they must be able to do what?
Grow and develop.
This organelle digests waste and other material in the cell.
Lysosomes.
All the organ systems work together to form what?
An organism.
What organism is a prokaryote?
Bacteria.
What are the three major types of muscles in the body?
Smooth, cardiac and skeletal.