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1
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What are three characteristics of all living things?

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  • Made of cells
  • Need energy to survive
  • Respond to Stimuli
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2
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Define Stimuli

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Anything that Causes a response

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3
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What are Life Function?

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A process in which help organisms survive

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4
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List all 8 Life Functions

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  1. Growth
  2. Reproduction
  3. Nutrition
  4. Respiration
  5. Transport
  6. Synthesis
  7. Excretion
  8. Regulation
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5
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Growth is the increase in the amount of ______ pithing an organism.

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Cells

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6
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What is the outcome of reproduction?

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The creation of new organs

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7
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What are the two forms of reproduction?

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  • Asexual Reproduction

- Sexual Reproduction

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8
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When one parent organism reproduces by itself, it is the _________ reproduction.

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Asexual

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9
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When two parents reproduce together, it’s called ______________ reproduction.

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Sexual Reproduction

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10
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What form of reproduction do bacteria usually undergo?

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Asexual Reproduction

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11
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_______ is the taking in of food (_________).

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Nutrition, nutrients

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12
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Define Nutrient

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Any substance that promotes life and provides energy.

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Why are Nutrients important?

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They promote life and produce energy

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What are the methods by which nutrients can be gained?

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Organisms either create or ingest the nutrients

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15
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Organisms that can make their own food?

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Autotrophs

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Define Heterotrophs

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Organisms that cannot make their own food.

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The breakdown of nutrients to get energy

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Respiration

18
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Metabolism

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The set of chemical reactions that maintain the life of an organism.

19
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What are the two metabolic processes?

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  • Digestion

- Cellular respiration

20
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State the function of Digestion.

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Where nutrients are broken down into simpler forms that are easier for the organism to use.

21
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State the function of Cellular Respiration.

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Using glucose and oxygen along with chemical reactions to produce energy from nutrients.

22
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_______________: in humans it involves, for example, the movement of nutrients from the stomach to the cells

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Transport

23
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Synthesis

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The use of energy to build more complex chemicals within the body, such as carbohydrates and protein.

24
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When an organism gets the energy it needs _________________.

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it can create complex chemicals that perform various tasks.

25
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When a substance is not useful to the body, it is _______

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Excreted

26
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Regulation

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Organisms survive in changing environments by changing the conditions within their bodies.

27
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What is the purpose of homeostasis?

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Maintains the stability of the body’s internal environment

28
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How does adaption impact an organism’s ability to survive in their environment?

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It helps organisms create new traits to help survive it environment or prevent its survival

29
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Define Binomial Nomenclature.

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A name with two terms

30
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Give examples of Binomial Nomenclature

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Humans = Homo sapiens
dogs = Canis familiars
cats = falis catus
31
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State the function of lipids

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Stores energy for an organism

32
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State the function to Carbohydrates.

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Provides energy for an organism

33
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State the function to Protein.

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Helps with the function of the body, including structure and regulation

34
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State the function of Nucleic Acids

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Stores information that the body uses to make proteins.

35
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Enzymes

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Molecules that affect the rate of chemical reactions..

36
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The ______ is the foundation of all life.

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Cell

37
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Name the 3 principles that are true of all cells:

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  1. They make up all organisms (one or more cells).
  2. The cell is the basic building block of the structure and function of life.
  3. Every cell comes from another existing cell (cells divide to form new cells).
38
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Cells work together in groups called _________. These work together to form _______, like the heart and brain.

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Tissues; Organs

39
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Organelles

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The parts of a cell that each have different jobs.

40
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Functions of Organelles include…

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  • Producing energy
  • Make new proteins
  • destroy and digest objects
41
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_________ means “small organ.”

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Organelles

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