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Characteristics of life Flashcards

1
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Spontaneous Generation

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The idea that living things could come from non-living things.

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Experiments provided that all living hings must come from?

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Other living things.

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The idea that all living hings must come from other living things is know a the theory of?

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Bio

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4
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Biotic

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Living parts of the enviorment.

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5
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Abiotic

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non living parts of the enviorment.

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6
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Living things are organized structures that consist of?

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one or more small cells

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7
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Cells are the?

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Smallest unit of life

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8
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Each cell contains organelles that act like tiny organs that perform various ___? in the cell

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Jobs

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Unicellular

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single celled

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multicellular

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multiple celled

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increase the ___? of the cell, or the ____? of the cells which result in overall growth of the organism

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Size, and amount

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Development

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Organisms mature over time

ex: tadpole to a frog

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13
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the production of new

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individuals

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14
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necessary for the survival of the ____ not the ______

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Species, and Individual

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15
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Sexual

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Genetic information from 2 different parents

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16
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asexual

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Genetic information from 1 parent (cloning, budding)

17
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(DNA) found in all living things

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Instructions

18
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DNA contains all of the individuals

19
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traits ______ of the cell

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Control the functions

20
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Energy is contained through

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Organic compounds (food)

21
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Nutrition: life process of organisms _____ and _______ food.

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obtaining, and processing

Ingestion: taking in food
digestion: breaking down food
Ingestion: getting rid of food you could not digest.

22
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Nutrients are ______ into smaller molecules for ____ in cellular respiration

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Broken down, and energy

23
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Metabolism

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Sum of all chemical process in a an organism

24
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______ obtain energy by eating other living things

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Heterotrophs

25
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_____ obtain energy from the sun through photosynthesis.

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Autotrophs

26
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Living things ___ to the environment

27
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A response is a reaction to a

28
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plants respond to

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Light and gravity

29
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maintaining constant internal conditions (sameness)

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Homeostasis

30
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Organ systems ______ to maintain balance

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work together
ex the nervous system and endocrine system

31
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Homeostasis is maintained using a system of _______ in the body

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feedback loops

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