Characteristics of Living Things
The Vital Functions: Nutrition
Reproduction
Reproduction of Animals
Living Things Interact
100
Specialized cell that makes up the body's nervous system
What is a neuron
100
Related to living organisms; biological substance
What is Organic
100
One of the two cells created when a parent cell divides
What is Daughter Cell
100
Descendants of a living thing
What is offspring
100
Amount of a substance in an area
What is Concentration
200
The organelle that contains the genetic material of the cell
What is Nucleus (pl.Nuclei)
200
Sugar found in animal and plant tissue
What is Glucose
200
State of full size and development, when an organism has all the characteristics of an adult
What is Adulthood
200
Cut or injury to the body
What is wound
200
animal that eats other animals
What is Predator
300
Part of the cell that has a particular function; example digesting food or disposing of waste
What is Organelle
300
Substance that a living thing needs to take in from its surroundings in order to live
What is Nutrient
300
Way in which cells reproduce
What is Cell Division
300
Organism of the same species that live closely together and communicate with each other
What is Colony
300
One of a pair of animals which come together to reproduce
What is mate
400
Gel inside the cell membrane, which contains all the organelles
What is Cytoplasm
400
Sequence that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem; each organism eats the one below it and in turn is eaten by the organism above it
What is Food Chain
400
Entire, Complete
What is whole
400
Interchange repeatedly to change one way and then change back repeatedly
What is alternate
400
Chemical substance produced by some cells in an organism which stimulates other cells to respond in a certain way
What is hormone
500
Group of similar cells that carry out a specific function
What is tissue
500
Chemical processes that occur in a living thing and maintain life
What is Metabolism
500
Cell created during fertilization when a sperm and an ovule join together, which contains the genetic information of both the sperm and the ovule
What is Zygote
500
Variety of species living in a particular ecosystem
What is biodiversity
500
Change appearance, e.g. an animal that is difficult to see in its environment
What is camouflage