INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY Flashcards
What are the characteristics of living things
Movement, respiration, nutrition, irritability, growth, excretion, reproduction, death
What are the branches of biology
Botany(study of plants), zoology(animals), microbiology (microorganisms), anatomy(gross structure of an organism), physiology(functions of parts of organism), biochemistry (molecules of an organism), genetics(inheritance of life), histology(tissues of organisms), cytology(cell structure)
What is mycology
It’s the study of fungi
What is the study of virus
Virology
What is bacteriology
The study of bacterias
What are the major sources of energy to organisms
Light and chemical energy
What is respiration
It is the step by step breakdown of energy-rich compounds to release useable energy stored as ATP
What is ATP
Adenosine triphosphate
What is excretion
It is the removal of waste products of metabolism from the body of organisms
What happens to excess protein in the body
It is broken down and released in form of nitrogenous waste
What is responsible for the similarities between parents and offsprings
Nucleic acids(DNA or RNA)
What is growth
It is the physiological process that leads to an increase in the body mass or tissue of an organism
What are the compounds found in the body of living organisms
Chemicals of life
The importance of the four most common elements in living organisms is associated with what?
Their valencies
