Bio 1.1-1.3 Flashcards
What is structure?
How an object is made
Examples of structure:
Tire-> rubber, tract, steel, circular shape
What is function?
What it does
Examples of function:
Tire-> moves in a circular motion, allows car to move
If you change the structure, you also change the ____.
Function
Example of change in structure=change in function:
Flat tire-> car wont drive
Program
DNA/reproduction
Metabolism:
Getting/using energy
Container:
Cells, distinction between inside/outside, ability to control what goes into environment
Container example:
A chrysalis or animal body. Mouth controls what enters container.
Metabolism example:
Butterfly escaping a chrysalis
Program example:
DNA of animal/Chrysalis forming
Atom
fundamental building blocks of a chemical element
Molecule
multiple atoms bonded together
Organelle
specialized structures that do various jobs within cells