1.1 - 1.3 Flashcards
What is structure?
Materials and Shape
What is function?
How it does
How do these 2 correlate?
The materials and shape determine how it does.
What is PMC?
The basic information to help determine whether something is alive or not
What does PMC stand for?
P - Program
M - Metabolism
C - Container
Is a virus living or non-living?
No one really knows it’s still being decided.
What is a living thing’s program?
Its DNA
Does an ecosystem include non-living things?
Yes, but more specifically the relationship it has with the rest of the environment.
What separates an ecosystem from a biome?
a biome is a collection of similar animals and plants, while an ecosystem is the interaction of those plants and animals and nonliving things.
What is an organelle?
An organelle is the tiny “organs” that perform basic functions in a cell’s body.
What is an organ system?
An organ system is an organ or multiple organs working together to make a system to help perform basic tasks.
What is an atom?
The basic building blocks of all life.
Name 3 examples of organ systems
Nervous, Digestive, and Circulatory.
What is the highest category a human could go into
Organism.
Is Carbon an atom or a molecule
A molecule
