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Characteristics Of Life Flashcards

1
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Cells

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Smallest unit of life. Inside the cells there are organelles that carry out life functions

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2
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Smallest unit of life.

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Cell

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3
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Homeostasis

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Maintaining a stable internal environment

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4
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Example of homeostasis

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  • sweating when hot
  • shivering when cold
  • goosebumps when cold
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5
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Maintaining a stable internal environment

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Homeostasis

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6
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Metabolism

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All chemical reactions in the body

•Breaking down food for energy

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7
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All chemical reactions in the body

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Metabolism

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8
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Reproduction

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Making of offspring and new individuals.

•passes genetic code to offspring

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9
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Making of offspring and new individuals.

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Reproduction

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10
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Two types of reproduction

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Asexual

Sexual

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11
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Asexual

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One parent

Reproduce with yourself

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12
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Sexual

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Two parents

Reproduce with someone else

(Sperm and egg)

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13
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Response to stimuli

+ example

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Responding to the environment

  • plants leaning towards light
  • bacteria moving towards chemicals
  • reflexes
  • blinking/blushing
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14
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Nutrition

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Intake of nutrients

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15
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Intake of nutrients

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Nutrition

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16
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Growth/ development and repair

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Growth - when organisms increase in size
Development- all the changes that take place during their lifetime

•increasing in size or number of cells

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17
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when organisms increase in size

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Growth

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18
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all the changes that take place during their lifetime

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Development

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19
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Excretion

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Release of waste

  • feces, urine, heat, sweat
  • breathing out CO2
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20
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Locomotion/transport

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Movement

•circulation (movement in body)

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21
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Release of waste

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Excretion

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22
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Movement

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Locomotion/transport

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23
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The scientific term for a living thing is an

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Organism

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24
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Are all cells alike?

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No they are very different from each other

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25
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All cells perform various jobs or ____

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Functions

26
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What surrounds the cell and separates it from its environment

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Plasma membrane

27
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An organism with one cell

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Uni cellular

28
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An organism with more than one cell

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Multicellular

29
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Example of a multicellular organism

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Human

30
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Example of a unicellular organism

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Paramecium

Paramecia

31
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Multicellular organisms can be organized into what other levels

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Organelles, Cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism

32
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Does everybody need to reproduce

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Not every organism in the species needs to reproduce however, some do.

33
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What would happen if all individuals in a species were not able to have babies

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The species will become extinct

34
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How do all organisms begin life

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Single cell

35
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Do unicellular organisms grow?

do unicellular organisms develop?

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Unicellular organisms do grow but they don’t develop much. they may change only by a very little amount

36
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Do multicellular organisms grow?

do multicellular organisms develop?

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They do grow and they do develop

37
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How is the growth of a living thing different from the growth of a nonliving thing

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The growth of a living thing is internal. Nonliving things may only grow externally by adding more material on the outside of it

38
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Energy

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Energy is the ability to make things change. It powers life processes and provides an organism with abilities that carry out other life functions

39
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Why is energy important to a living organism

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Energy provides the organism with abilities to maintain balance grow ever produce and carry out life functions

40
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Autotroph

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An organism that uses energy from the sun to make their own food

(Photosynthesis)

41
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An organism that uses energy from the sun to make their own food

(Photosynthesis)

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Autotroph

42
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Heterotrophs

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Get energy from the food they eat and do not produce their own energy

43
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Get energy from the food they eat and do not produce their own energy

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heterotrophs

44
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Atom

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Smallest part of an element or compound

45
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Smallest part of an element or compound

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atom

46
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Population

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A group of one kind of organism living in an area

47
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Organ

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A group of similar tissues working together like the heart or lungs

48
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A group of similar tissues working together like the heart or lungs

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Organ

49
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A group of one kind of organism living in an area

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Population

50
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biome

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All living and nonliving things on earth

51
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All living and nonliving things on earth

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Biome

52
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Organelle

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Parts of a cell such as the nucleus

53
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Parts of a cell such as the nucleus

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Organelle

54
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community

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Several populations of organisms living together

55
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Several populations of organisms living together

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Community

56
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Ecosystem

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All the living and nonliving things living in a similar environment such as the desert

57
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All the living and nonliving things living in a similar environment such as the desert

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Ecosystem

58
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tissue

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Group of similar cells working together

59
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Group of similar cells working together

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Tissue

60
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9 characteristics of life

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Made of cells
Homeostasis 
Metabolism 
Reproduction 
Response to stimuli 
Nutrition 
Growth and repair 
Excretion 
Locomotion/ transport
61
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Nine characteristics of life

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Made of cells
Homeostasis 
Metabolism 
Reproduction 
Response to stimuli 
Nutrition 
Growth and repair 
Excretion 
Locomotion/ transport

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