Term
| Identify the 7 characteristics of life |
|
Definition
1.living things are organized
2.living things gather materials and energy
3.living things reproduce
4.living things respond to stimuli
5.living things are homeostatic
6.living things grow and develop
7.living things adapt |
|
|
Term
| If given a description of a characteristic of life, be able to correctly identify it |
|
Definition
organization:
levels of organization vary
atoms-molecules-cells-tissues-organs-organ systems-organisms
gather materials and energy:
metabolism: all the chemical reactions in cell
heterotrophs: get nutrients from the food that they eat
autotrophs: make their own food through photosynthesis
reproduction:
production of offspring
asexual
sexual
response to stimuli
stimuli is external
behavior: responses to environmental stimuli, can be observed
homeostasis
maintain a constant internal conditions no matter what
growth and development
growth: increase in number of cells/increase in size
development: between birth and death, changes organism goes through
adaptations
changes that make an organisim suited to its lifestyle
through evolution |
|
|
Term
| Be able to make comparisons between the 2 main types of reproduction |
|
Definition
Asexual:1 parent,Identical DNA to parent
Sexual:2 parent,Mixed traits from parents |
|
|
Term
| Explain the various levels of organization as seen in unicellular and multicellular organisms |
|
Definition
Unicellular:
one cell
1 cell does all the jobs
organized up to the cell level
Multicellular:
more than 1 cell
has all of the organization levels
cells are specialized (have special jobs) |
|
|
Term
| Be able to explain the importance of adaptations to an organisms survival |
|
Definition
| they make the organism more fit for its lifestyle |
|
|
Term
| Explain the relationships between organisms based on their taxa – what taxa would distantly related organisms share vs. what taxa would closely-related organisms share? |
|
Definition
Distantly related: domain, kingdom, phylum, class
closely related: order, family, genus, species |
|
|
Term
| Name the taxa by which we classify all living things |
|
Definition
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species |
|
|
