Characteristics Of Life Flashcards
Living things are made of one or more ____
Cells
All organisms have units of information or genetic materials, whether RNA or DNA, that contained in their cells as a blueprint of their entire characteristics.
Genetic control
Living things also display organization, which means they are arranged in an orderly way.
Display Growth
Tissues are organized into _____.
organs
________ work together to support an organism.
Organ systems
Growth results in the addition of mass to an organism and, in many organisms, the formation of new cells and new structures.
Grows and Develops
A species is a group of organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring.
Reproduces
This involves a single parent. The progeny is genetically identical to the parent.
Asexual Reproduction
two types of Species’ perpetuation
Asexual and sexual reproduction
_______ a process of bacterial cell division.
Binary Fission
Cutting, budding, marcotting, and drafting which are typical for _______.
propagating plants
________ is an asexual reproduction, which an organism is split into many sections capable of becoming an adult.
Fragmentation
This type of reproduction involves two parents. The progeny are genetically diverse.
Sexual Reproduction
_____ is a sexual reproduction of animals. It is a conjugation of two gametes such as the sperm cell and egg cells.
Mating
________ is a plant sexual reproduction where the pollen fertilizes the ovum
Pollination
________ is a process of fertilization within the body of an animal or plant having both male and female reproductive organs.
Hermaphroditism
Anything that is part of the internal or external environments and causes some sort of reaction by the organism is called a stimulus.
Responds to Stimuli
Living things get their energy from food.
Most plants and some unicellular organisms use light energy from the Sun to make their own food and fuel their activities.
Requires Energy
_________ biochemical reactions by which all organisms acquire & use energy. The vital processes in the living cells such as synthesis and decomposition of biomolecules.
Metabolism
two types of Metabolism
Anabolism and catabolism
It is the building up phase of metabolism. A synthesis process of which a complex compound form from a simpler Form.
Anabolism
The process of breaking down a complex substance into simpler forms as energy production.
Catabolism
Regulation of an organism’s internal conditions to maintain life is called homeostasis.
Maintains Homeostasis
The ability of an organism to maintain its internal environment despite conditions in the external environment.
Homeostasis
