Characteristics Of Living Things Flashcards
Organisms that rely on their external environment
Cold blooded organisms
Organisms can do this internally though the matabolism
Warm blooded organisms
The ability to maintain a constant body temperature though put the body even if the environment is changing
Homeostasis
A pure substance that cannot be broken down into any simpler substances by ordinary means
Carbon hydrogen and oxygen
Element
Formed when two or more elements are chemically joined
Compounds
Compounds that do not contain the element carbon
Inorganic compounds
Compounds found in living things that contain the element carbon
Organic compounds
Main source of living things ( glucose)
Sugars and starches
Carbohydrates
Fats and oils
Compounds called lipids that are also used as an energy source
Proteins
Compounds that are made of amino acids
Enzyme
Special types of proteins that regulate chemical activities with in the body
An educated guess about why things happen the way they do
Theory
Remains of once living things
Fossils
Amino acids
Link together to form proteins
The buildings blocks of amino acids and the basic building block of all living things
Proteins
An organism that doesn’t produce their own food
Consumer
An organism that produces its own food
Producer
In order for a living thing to survive it needs these 6 things
Energy Water Oxygen Food Living space Proper temperature
The process in which plants make their own food
Photosynthesis
An organism that has one cell
Unicellular
An organism that has more that one cell
Multicellular
A reaction from an organism and any change in the environment that produces a response of an organism
Stimulus
An action movement or change of an organism
Response
Needs two parents to produce and organism
Sexual reproduction
